Yew Tree Farm Development Burscough Video interview with West Lancashire Councillor Martin Forshaw Borough Council Portfolio Holder Planning responsible for The Local Plan Feb 16th 2012

Interview with Councillor Martin Forshaw, Portfolio Holder Planning and Transportation West Lancashire Borough Council responsible for the Local Plan.

A question and answer session specifically relating to housing develpment in West Lancashire as part of the 2012-2027 Local Plan, using Yew Tree Farm in Burscough as a working example.

4,650 houses need to be built in West Lancashire.  500 of which are to be built in Burscough, West Lancashire.

The proposed Yew Tree Farm Development in Burscough serves as the example in this interview with the locally elected official responsible for planning.

Councillor Martin Forshaw is asked many of the questions which have come to the fore during the last six weeks of public consultation.

Councillor Martin Forshaw provides categoric reassurances in some areas and points to the future Master Plan in others.

This is how the planning process works throughout the country, not just in West Lancashire.

If you're a West Lancashire resident keen to see your elected officials held to account and answering questions, watch this video. If you don't like or disagree with the answers and have a better plan, comment below, let your elected officials know.  Better yet, stand for election yourself!

If you're resident elsewhere in England and interested in how housing is developed in your area, use this interview to become acquainted with the terminology in use in councils right across the country.