The following list shows the County Council's corporate objectives and maps
alongside each one the Environment Directorate's business objectives and the
key activities we carry out in order to meet those business objectives..
| Corporate Objectives |
Business Objectives |
Key Activities |
| 1. Feel safe |
- Develop and maintain safe and effective transport systems.
- Support & Protect the Citizens and Businesses of Lancashire
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- Improve safety and security for all modes of transport.
- Improve and maintain Street Lighting.
- Ensure the safety of consumer goods
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| 2. Live healthy lives |
- Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Lancashire and the Quality
of Lancashire's Environment.
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- Provide impartial advice leading to improved well-being
- Cycling/Walking/Pedestrians/Mobility
- School Travel Plans
- Home Zones
- Waste minimisation and management services
- Lancashire Countryside Service
- Environmental Improvement Programme
- Provision of recreational facilities
- Reducing car use through improved travel choice
- Reducing air pollution
- Administration of Concessionary fares schemes
- Materials recycling
- Reducing noise pollution
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| 3. Get help when in need |
- Support & Protect the Citizens and Businesses of Lancashire
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- Provision of the statutory functions of Public Analyst and official
Agricultural Analyst
- Provision of an accredited Official Food Control Laboratory, and a
specialist team of food scientists for food business inspections
- Provision of food export certificates
- Provide information, advice and advocacy relating to all cash benefits
entitlements.
- Provide information services relating to public transport, tourism
and local government services.
- Trading Standards Advisory Service.
- Enforcement of public protection.
- Investigate and resolve civil and criminal complaints.
- Undertake consultation with public and appropriate organisations and
groups.
- Provide a service to handle consumer enquiries and complaints.
- Prepare/plan for and respond to emergencies.
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| 5. Have jobs and good standard of living |
- Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Lancashire and the Quality
of Lancashire's Environment
- Contribute to the Regeneration of Lancashire's Urban and Rural Areas
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- Increase personal incomes of the elderly, disabled people and families.
- Provide new opportunities for real community engagement in finding solutions
to local problems.
- Development Control Process.
- Respond to Consultations by Districts on Strategic Planning Applications
determined by them.
- Economic Intelligence Services.
- Development of innovative transport schemes to promote social inclusion,
access to employment and services and to meet regeneration needs.
- Promotion of major highway and transport schemes to improve access to
employment and industrial sites.
- Advise and support businesses to comply with regulatory requirements
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| 6. Travel easily and safely |
- Develop and Maintain Safe and Effective Transport Systems
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- Highway Development Control.
- Traffic Management.
- Intelligent Transport Systems.
- Accident Investigation & Prevention.
- Local Safety Schemes
- Lancashire Road Safety Partnership.
- Policy Development.
- Maintain adequate load capacity of bridges including those on PROW.
- Maintain/Improve condition of bridges.
- Highway Safety Inspections.
- Winter Maintenance Service.
- Structural Maintenance.
- Road network serviceability.
- Response to emergencies.
- Street lighting.
- Street lighting energy provision.
- Provide an integrated public transport information service through a call
centre, CICs 24 hour information points and internet
- Promote and develop public transport in partnership with service providers
and other stakeholders.
- Promote improvements to transport infrastructure.
- Support for non-commercial bus services.
- Support for Community Transport schemes.
- Organisation of school and college transport.
- Promotion of Travel Awareness programmes and Travel Plans for schools
and businesses.
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| 7. Enjoy a high quality environment |
- Plan a Better and Sustainable Future for Lancashire
- Contribute to the Regeneration of Lancashire's Urban and Rural Areas
- Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Lancashire and the Quality
of Lancashire's Environment
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- Prepare and Review the Joint Lancashire Structure Plan
- Prepare and Review Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan.
- Respond to Consultations on National Policy, Planning Guidance Documents,
and the plans of Neighbouring Authorities. Liaise with the NWRAR on the
Production and Monitoring of RPG
- Work to address problems of poverty and social disadvantage.
- Non-statutory Planning Services.
- Specialist Advisory Services.
- LA21 co-ordination.
- Information Management Services.
- Prepare and implement LTP
- Monitor and evaluate transport proposals.
- Evaluate development proposals to negotiate provision of supporting transport
systems.
- Raise the take-up of benefits entitlements leading to increased spending
in the local economy.
- Implement the Building Better Communities Strategy. Work with District
Councils to improve services in deprived areas. Lobby for additional resources.
- Lancashire Rural Partnership.
- West Pennine Moors Area Man/ment Committee and the Forest of Bowland Joint
Advisory Committee.
- Derelict Land Reclamation.
- Operate and Improve Monitoring and Enforcement Activity on Minerals and
Waste Developments.
- Working and Liaising with the EA on Plan and Regulatory Work.
- Reduce Noise Pollution
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