Council and democracy
Published on August 12, 2016 at 4:38 pm
Review of Employment Sites
Rossendale Borough Council has commissioned Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP) to assess the quality and quantity of employment premises and land throughout the Valley. As part of this study we are asking businesses involved in manufacturing, industry, storage and distribution, throughout Rossendale to complete an online survey to tell us about existing premises and any plans they have in the future for expansion.
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Published on August 3, 2016 at 3:24 pm
Historic England puts Britannia Mill, Bacup in their List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest
The report from Historic England states that Britannia Mill, on New Line in Bacup, is a well-preserved and rare example of a mid-19th century integrated mill complex.
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Published on July 26, 2016 at 4:37 pm
From 28th July new rules come into force which limit how long housing benefit can be paid to claimants who are temporarily absent from Great Britain.
A change to the Law means that Housing Benefit and Pension Credit cannot be claimed if a customer leaves Great Britain for more than 4 weeks.
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Published on July 26, 2016 at 3:14 pm
With the school holidays in full swing, Rossendale Borough Coucil would like to remind parents, guardians and carers of the exciting Summer Fun activities that are taking place up and down the Valley over the summer holiday period.
Each year, Rossendale Council, as part of its role in the Children’s Trust, compiles a list of summer events for the Summer Fun brochure.
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Published on July 25, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Rossendale Council has supported Tor View School to refurbish the artwork on one of the main gateway sites to Rossendale.
The ‘Workers’ Statues on the roundabout near Tesco Haslingden were placed there ten years ago after Tor View School won a competition to design a piece of artwork for the roundabout.
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Published on July 22, 2016 at 5:02 pm
Thousands of people lined the streets of Haslingden on Thursday July 21st to welcome the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment as they took part in a Freedom Parade to mark their Freedom of the Borough.
The Regiment were first granted the Freedom of Haslingden in 1964, this was then extended to Rossendale when we last had a parade in the Borough in June 2002, in Rawtenstall.
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Published on July 21, 2016 at 9:43 am
Annual electoral household enquiry forms are being delivered to all properties in Rossendale up to the end of July.
The forms are to check who is registered to vote so please let us know if the details are correct or if you have any changes to make.
Please respond as soon as possible to help us save money in printing and sending out reminder forms.
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Published on July 21, 2016 at 8:26 am
Key appointments to lead the county towards the creation of a Combined Authority have now been made.
Local councils in Lancashire submitted their bid to become a Combined Authority to the Government in June and a shadow Combined Authority has now been formed.
The chair will be Cllr Simon Blackburn, Leader of Blackpool Council, and the vice chair will be Councillor Alistair Bradley, Leader of Chorley Council.
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Published on July 19, 2016 at 3:23 pm
Rossendale Borough Council is pleased to announce that The Bacup THI Project has successfully completed the impressive restoration work to the Pioneer Building Clock Tower.
When the scaffolding came down on Pioneer Building it revealed the completion of the most technically challenging aspect of the improvement works to Pioneer Buildings the restoration and structural repair of the clock tower.
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Published on July 19, 2016 at 3:21 pm
Plans for Rawtenstall’s new £5.4million Spinning Point masterplan have gone into top gear as funding was approved.
The Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Board and Lancashire County Council (LCC) have now both formally approved the Rossendale Together Barnfield Partnership’s £1.9million bid to the Local Growth Fund and the £3.5million Lancashire County Council funding.
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