Lancaster City Council News £5K ordered to be paid after failures to comply with Lancaster City Council's planning enforcement Fines and costs totaling more than £5k have been ordered to be paid for failures to comply with planning enforcement requirements. Proposed Name For 'North Lancashire' Unitary Authority: Lancaster, Preston & Ribble Valley Following the government’s decision on local government reorganisation in July 2026, Chief Executives across Lancashire have responded to the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on some of the arrangements for the four unitary councils in Lancashire. At this point MHCLG state that the names of the new council’s will be: Morecambe businesses vote ‘yes’ to Business Improvement District Businesses in Morecambe have voted yes to renewing the town’s Business Improvement District (BID). More news