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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 July 20, 2017 at 2:17 pm
Three friends have found the perfect recipe to raise money for charity, by staging a 24 hour bake-a-thon.
Abigail Wrench, Becca Astin and Kirsty Lauder are holding the marathon cake making session at Abigail’s Burnley home in aid of Pendleside, Hospice.
The group plan to stream the 24 hour bake-a-thon live on Youtube and are also inviting people to drop by for a cuppa and a cake in aid of the charity.
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Published on July 19, 2017 at 11:05 am
Adrian Smith, a father-of-three from Bacup, ran a marathon in the heat of the Middle East in May to support families affected by war and persecution in the Middle East.
Adrian, 56, the principal planning officer for Rossendale Borough Council had previously visited Iraq and saw for himself the suffering faced by families following the invasion of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS), which forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.
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Published on July 18, 2017 at 9:41 am
Local residents will soon be able to access Rossendale Council’s new and improved website.
The new site, which will go live on Wednesday August 9, features a re-jigged layout – with an A-Z of services – that makes it quicker and easier for residents to access the information they need.
In the first of a weekly series of blogs leading up to the launch Cllr Steve Hughes, Executive Member Champion for IT, discusses the new site’s simplicity and customer friendly content.
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Published on July 17, 2017 at 10:55 am
Community Assets Standing Tall (CAST) has been awarded £49,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to undertake a two year listing project of Rossendale Heritage assets.
You can get more details here: http://www.communityasset.org/listing-project-press-release/
Councillor Annie McMahon, Design and Heritage Champion, said:
I am delighted to hear this news. CAST are a superb organisation and this is a very exciting piece of work.
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Published on July 14, 2017 at 10:02 am
There was a canine theme at Whitworth’s 8th annual family fun day.
The event, on Sunday July 9, saw residents enjoying a variety of entertainment, competitions and refreshments in the glorious sunshine.
Organised by the Whitworth Tourism and Leisure Committee volunteers, attractions on the Riverside car park included ten fun dog show categories with prizes for the scruffiest mutt, ‘waggiest tail’, best fancy dress, best biscuit catcher, best rescue dog and more.
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Published on July 13, 2017 at 8:56 am
Rossendale residents are being invited to perform ‘acts of kindness’ to help tackle loneliness and social isolation.
The Council is launching its Acts of Kindness campaign – through its Living Well, Living Better project – on Monday, July 24.
As part of the campaign, people are encouraged to perform one act of kindness in their local community that might help others feel less lonely or socially isolated, or just make someone’s day by offering to help in some way.
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Published on July 12, 2017 at 2:02 pm
Hot on the heels of the Northern Grip festival another mountain biking event is set to hit Rossendale soon.
The Midweek MTB Madness 2017 Race 5 is set to take over Lee Quarry in Bacup on Thursday, July 20 promising some high octane thrills and spills in the heart of the borough.
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Published on July 11, 2017 at 9:40 am
Residents of Rossendale will soon be able to access the Council’s new and improved website.
The new site, which will go live on Wednesday August 9, features a re-jigged layout – with an A-Z of services – that makes it quicker and easier for residents to access the information they need.
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Published on July 10, 2017 at 2:32 pm
Bacup hosted the Northern Grip over the weekend (July 7,8 and 9). Hundreds of people gathered for the festival.
Councillor Andy MacNae, Portfolio holder for Regeneration, Tourism and Leisure, visited the festival and praised what he saw. He said:
“I was delighted to see the Northern Grip go so well. There was a buzz around Bacup and the organisers have put on a superb festival which had something for everyone not just serious mountain bikers.
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