Lancaster City Council agrees 3.2% increase to councillor allowances for 2026/27

Under the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, a Councillors’ Allowances Scheme has been agreed for April 6 2026 until April 5 2027.

Councillors agreed, on recommendation from the Independent Remuneration Panel, that the basic allowance be increased by 3.2% from £4,434.15 to £4,576.04 per annum.

The scheme allows for carer’s allowances and travel and subsistence on approved duties in addition to the basic allowance and the following special responsibility allowances per annum:

Role allowance (pa)

Leader of the council £12,291.25

Deputy leader of the Council £7,256.95

Cabinet members £6,145.63

Overview and scrutiny committee chair £4,606.45

Budget and performance panel chair £4,064.85

Planning committee chair £4,762.03

Licensing committee chair £4,762.03

Licensing act hearings sub committee chair £483.43

People and organisational development committee chair £3,634.03

Audit committee chair £2,533.71

Appeals committee chair £322.28

Council business committee chair £1,555.85

Standards committee chair £1,305.54

Leader(s) of opposition group(s) (allocated on a pro rata basis) £6,145.63

Champions – £1,000 (maximum) allowance to be divided equally between serving ‘Champions’ to a cap of £272.39 each Champion per annum.

There are currently two Champions (Armed Forces Champion and Champion for Disabilities) £272.39

Mayor £7,321.67

Deputy mayor £1,454.53

The full Councillors’ Allowances Scheme may be viewed in the council’s constitution on the city council’s website at www.lancaster.gov.uk

Another recent public notice is: Lancashire County Council intend to make an order to temporarily prohibit traffic on Douglas Avenue in Heysham, from outside to opposite property no 6.

The prohibition will be in place from 8am on Monday January 19 until 4pm on Wednesday January 21 or until completion of the works within this period.

Pedestrian access will be maintained.

An alternative route for vehicular traffic affected by the closure is via: Douglas Avenue – Douglas Drive – Heysham Mossgate Road – A89 Heysham Road – Douglas Drive and vice versa.

The temporary prohibition is necessary to allow longsided disconnection of old lead supply and replacement with new connection to the water main to be carried out by Network Plus on Behalf of United Utilities.

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