Luke Lancaster

Cllr Luke Lancaster – Saddleworth North Ward

MY WARD PRIORITIES

·         Protecting our precious green spaces

·         Delivering better day-to-day services, representing value for money

·         Supporting Saddleworth’s communities and customs

Trainingcompleted

·         CIPFA Audit Committee training

·         Code of Conduct training

·         Barnardo’s Safeguarding training

·         Planning Committee training

Work in the Community

·         Protecting our precious green spaces – speaking and voting against the GM-wide ‘Places for Everyone’ plan; calling for more sites to be covered by the Local Green Spaces (LGS) model; proposing the establishment of a South Pennines National Park; improving Public Rights of Way, particularly in the Castleshaw Valley; securing a TPO for Thorpe Lane trees; objecting to destructive Planning Applications, such as that for seventy-seven residential properties off Huddersfield Road, Diggle

·         Supporting community groups and events, such as volunteering at the Yorkshire Day Fayre and Saddleworth Olympics

·         Highlighting heritage matters in asking Saddleworth Parish Council to take on a greater role in preserving our local assets, such as milestones, telephone boxes and gas lamps; in making several submissions to the Local Heritage Listing Protect (LHLP); and in securing a replacement fingerpost at Scouthead

·         Promoting Remembrance and support for our Armed Forces community by erecting public poppies around Saddleworth and successfully campaigning for Saddleworth Parish Council to become a signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant and Bronze Defence Employer Recognition Scheme

Contact me

E: luke.lancaster@oldham.gov.uk

TEL: 07971 594106

Surgeries

Face to face Ward Surgeries are cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.  Please contact me by phone or email for any issues or problems