LANCASTER City Council wants to hear from local people as it sets out to update its 'corporate plan'.

The plan prioritises council activities and expenditire - and residents are being invited to help set out the list.

This is the first time the council has offered its tax payers a chance to have a direct input into shaping what it does.

It says it is part of its commitment to open, accountable government.

Comments and ideas can be posted to Janet Barlow, Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster, LA1 1PJ. Results from the exercise will go before the Cabinet on November 15.