LATEST NEWS (MAY 2009)

Lancaster City Council’s cabinet decided in July 2008 to sell Council-owned land at Lawson’s Bridge to Booths for a supermarket development (they want to build a bigger store on this site and close the existing store in Scotforth). The decision was supported by Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Morecambe Bay Independents on the cabinet. The 2 Green Party cabinet members voted against the sale of the land. Details of the decision can be viewed at

 http://committeeadmin.lancaster.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?Id=758

The cabinet members who have supported the land sale are:

Roger Mace – rmace@lancaster.gov.uk
Tony Johnson – ajohnson@lancaster.gov.uk
Eileen Blamire – eblamire@lancaster.gov.uk
Abbot Bryning – abryning@lancaster.gov.uk
Evelyn Archer – earcher@lancaster.gov.uk
David Kerr – dkerr@lancaster.gov.uk
June Ashworth – jashworth@lancaster.gov.uk
John Gilbert – jgilbert@lancaster.gov.uk

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