Arrangements with District & Parish Councils

District Councils

Funding of the following services is based on the cost of carrying out the work to LCC standards. Where a District wishes to carry out these works to a higher standard i.e. more frequent grass cutting, they may do so at their own expense.

The contents of these Agency Agreements are summarised below:

• Grass cutting in highway verges (Lancaster, Wyre, Preston, South Ribble, Chorley, West Lancs, Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle)
• The treatment of weeds in highways (Lancaster, Wyre, Preston, South Ribble, Chorley, West Lancs, Hyndburn and Pendle)
• The maintenance of highway trees (Lancaster, Wyre, Preston, Chorley, West Lancs, Hyndburn, Burnley and Pendle)
• Financial contribution towards the sweeping of wet leaves on the highway (All Districts)
• Financial contribution towards the sweeping of wind-blown sand on the highway (Fylde)
• Financial contribution towards handling public enquiries and complaints relating to highway matters. (All Districts)
• Maintenance and some management of parts of the Public Right of Way network (Wyre, Ribble Valley and Pendle)
• Authority to manage on-street parking schemes (All Districts)
• Authority to manage existing on-street pay and display parking schemes (Lancaster and Preston)
• Authority to work on the highway on District Council equipment and apparatus (All Districts)
• Subject to prior technical and maintenance plan approvals, authority to undertake work in the highway. (All Districts except Ribble Valley and Rossendale)
• Authority for floral decorations, etc. (All Districts)
• Authority to manage and maintain a section of Morecambe promenade designated as a highway (Lancaster)
• Authority to use Private Street Works legislation (Pendle)
• Authority to undertake maintenance work in Conservation and other defined areas. (Preston and Pendle)
• Authority to utilise Highway Authority powers for the removal of unauthorised signs. (South Ribble, Chorley and Pendle).

Parish Councils providing additional grass cutting are:  

Fylde:  Bryning with Warton; Freckleton; Medlar with Wesham; Newton with Clifton

Hyndburn:  Altham

Lancaster:  Caton with Littledale; Cockerham; Halton; Hornby; Nether Kellet; Quernmore; Slyne with Hest; Warton; Wennington; Yealand Redmayne

Preston:  Broughton, Barton

Wyre:  Bilsborrow, Catterall, Myerscough, Pilling, Garstang, Cabus.

The following are Unitary Councils in Lancashire but are not part of the Lancashire County Council administrative area.

Blackpool Council
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council