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CONFERENCE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
BUILDING SOME MOMENTUM
by Ged Henderson
Lancashire has a massive opportunity to get fully behind the county’s 2050 strategic plan and build a prosperous future, an audience of property, development and regeneration professionals heard.
And a new and growing sense of unity and partnership is already starting to make a difference, Lancashire Business’ View’s 2023 Built Environment Conference was told.
With the theme ‘Building Towards Lancashire 2050’, the gathering heard from a series of top property professionals and experts from across the county and the wider North West.
They explored the role the built environment will play in delivering the 2050 vision and highlighted some of the opportunities that exist for Lancashire, including nationally significant projects like the new National Cyber Force HQ in Samlesbury and Eden Morecambe.
Delegates heard that the Lancashire 2050 framework was the first time all 15 local authorities in the county had come together to agree a set of themes and priorities, with the focus on economic prosperity.
It was a sea change in thinking that is now being recognised by property sector investors as Lancashire gathers around the strategic vision and its aims.
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Themes explored included economic prosperity, transport and infrastructure, climate, housing, employment, skills, communities and place.
Looking at Lancashire 2050, Andy Walker, head of service at the county council, told the conference: “At the heart of this is how Lancashire can close the gap on some other parts of the country.
“How we can create an environment that allows businesses to maximise both their productivity and profitability and how that creates a better life for their employees and the people of Lancashire in general.
“There are certain projects that can only really be delivered or realised in their complete opportunity if we think collectively and have a wider imagination.”
He added: “We are starting to see people come together in a way they haven’t done previously.
“Let’s not pretend that people don’t have squabbles but they do it behind closed doors and we are aiming to create that consistency of purpose that will allow private investment to flow.”
He told the conference of the need for that consistency to continue across the programmes coming forward throughout Lancashire.
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