development
Published on February 26, 2018 at 9:06 am
Rossendale Council has welcomed an application from Edenfield residents to establish a Neighbourhood Forum.
Last week, a group of residents formally applied to the Council to start the process.
You can find more information about the application on the Council’s website.
Responding to the news, Councillor Christine Lamb, whose portfolio oversees planning, said:
“As a Council, we welcome any process that allows the community to engage in important issues in their area.”
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Published on September 19, 2017 at 8:54 am
Residents will get a glimpse of the future of Rawtenstall at a series of public information events to be held end of September.
The Rossendale Together Barnfield (RTB) Partnership are seeking residents’ views on the next phase of the Spinning Point development.
Officers and members of the RTB Board will be on hand for residents to ask questions.
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Published on July 25, 2017 at 4:49 pm
Rossendale Council has published its draft local plan which guides how the borough will achieve its targets for housing, employment sites and facilities over the next few years.
Residents and businesses are invited to have their say on the plan which will guide development for the next 15 years.
As well as earmarking sites for development, the plan will also propose sites for environmental protection.
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Published on July 24, 2017 at 10:52 am
Rossendale Council’s Planning Team has won a top regional award for its practice.
The team won the Best Practice Award at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) North West Regional Awards for Planning Excellence 2017 for its work on the new McDonalds at Rawtenstall.
A new award category was created for this scheme and the judges confirmed that the scheme was given special status because it demonstrated how a small local planning authority can achieve an excellent outcome in dealing with an application from a world famous company.
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Published on March 23, 2016 at 4:52 pm
Members of the Rossendale Together Barnfield Partnership Board visited the New Hall Hey Retail Development to see how the new TK Maxx and M+S Foodhall stores were progressing.
The RTB Partnership sees Rossendale Council, Together Housing Group and Barnfield Construction working together and pooling resources to create a more prosperous borough.
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Published on February 26, 2016 at 12:18 pm
Update on the Council's decision, following extensive consultation, to withdraw the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Development Plan Document (also known as the Local Plan Part 2).
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Published on February 24, 2016 at 10:13 am
Members of the Rossendale Together Barnfield Joint Venture Partnership Board have welcomed news that plans to redevelop Rawtenstall town centre have been approved.
Councillor Alyson Barnes, Chair of the RTB Partnership and Leader of the Council, said: “I am pleased the scheme has been given planning permission. We listened to people and now I believe these plans are the right mix of preserving the area’s heritage as well as creating a vibrant town centre.
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