With all 15 of Lancashire’s main councils set to be abolished in less than three years, a flurry of proposals are currently being drawn up about how many new local authorities should be created to replace them - and what size they might be.

The government - which has demanded the overhaul to streamline the way local services are delivered - has set a deadline of 28th November for the blueprints to be submitted.

It looks like suggestions ranging from between two and five new councils will be made to ministers. Last week, Lancashire County Council came out in favour of a two-council option which would split the county into northern and southern areas, roughly along the River Ribble.

Here’s what you thought of the idea when commenting on the Lancashire Post and Blackpool Gazette Facebook pages. Probably fair to say opinions were mixed...

Neil Williams

The northern bit probably works, as it all associates to Preston to some extent. The southern bit is nonsensical as West Lancs has basically nothing to do with East Lancs. The former looks to Liverpool, whereas the latter looks to Manchester and Yorkshire.

Also, splitting South Ribble from Preston is a nonsense - you're basically putting the southern suburbs of Preston in an entirely different political entity than the rest of it, like splitting the city in half. Perhaps, though, you could split South Ribble up and put Penwortham etc with Preston but the other bits away from Preston in with Chorley.

Looking at a map, if you split South Ribble up, logic would probably be Hutton and south west of it into West Lancs, Leyland into Chorley and the bits physically attached to Preston (down to Bamber Bridge basically) into Preston.

Samuel Lawrence

These borders seem poorly designed. They'd leave the only large town in South Lancashire as Blackburn, while the North would have Preston, Blackpool, and Lancaster itself. It seems inevitable that these borders will impoverish the Southern authority, and be bad for that part of Lancashire as a whole.

Awen Curry

Born and bred in Lancashire. Will always be a Lancashire lass. I still don’t say West Lancashire, and won’t be saying South Lancashire. Also the split doesn’t look even to me.

Dax Byrne-Turner

I'm pretty confident you can't get a train, bus or an A road from one end to the other of these new area/groupings.

Rachael Ann

Don't cut south Ribble off from Preston! They're integral.

Byron Hoyle

There's a better way then this the councils will be too big. North Lancashire, mid Lancashire, South Lancashire would be better.

Alan Barton

I am old enough to remember when the south of Lancashire was Liverpool and Manchester.

Al Boomer Houghton

Why should Pendle be dumped with Hyndburn and Blackburn councils ? Have lived under both of them previously and they are terrible. Pendle do a great job. Keep the individual councils as they are.

Craig Barnes Coywm

Can we add Bolton, Bury Wigan and Rochdale [join] the planned South Lancashire please? We want out of GM.

Tom Woodworth

Don’t do it. It was a stupid idea in Cheshire. Should be one county!

Dave Green

Why would anyone in Fylde or Wyre want to be joined up with the likes of Blackpool or Preston? They'd take all the money.

Chris Nelson

This is the least popular with the “15” councils. Only LCC want this. ALL the councils cannot agree on a common solution. The national government will have to make the decision.

John A Holden

Divide and conquer! What actually need is a North West assembly. It must be something we vote on - do we want it and who do [we] want to represent us. Bring back democracy.

Lorna Fairnie

Keep it as it is.

Derek Asbury

I’ve got a great idea! Let’s go back to pre 1974 county boundaries. Everyone was happy then and Lancashire had loads of money from the many boroughs and cities, along with brilliant industry.

Dan Walker

That isn’t Lancashire. That’s an administrative abomination with an incorrect name.

Geraldine Hanlon

It's all fixed and corrupted