Regeneration, Housing and Environment
Published on October 3, 2018 at 9:38 am
Rossendale Council could bring in a private company to crack down on littering, flytipping and dog fouling.
A proposed 12-month trial would allow private enforcement officers from the firm District Enforcement to issue on-the-spot fines across the borough for the offences.
Two dedicated officers would patrol the borough’s streets and parks seven days a week, targeting hot-spots identified by the council.
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Published on August 24, 2018 at 9:17 am
Rossendale Council has published the Rossendale Local Plan for consultation. All the consultation documents and the online comments form are available to view online.
Paper copies can be viewed at the One Stop Shop at Futures Park Monday to Friday, 8.45am-5pm (except Tuesdays from 9.15pm to 5pm), and at all libraries in Rossendale during normal opening hours, as well as at Crawshawbooth Village Centre.
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Published on July 23, 2018 at 2:44 pm
A state of the art spa is set to open in Rossendale as part of Rawtenstall’s multi-million pound regeneration.
Rossendale Council has unveiled its preferred option for phase two of the Spinning Point development, as well as outlining its future vision for the town centre.
The leisure-driven development on the former Valley Centre site will include:
- A spa
- An 80 bedroom hotel with restaurant
- A number of two bedroom apartments
- A selection of retail/food and beverage units intended to be a good mixture of local independent shops and national chains.
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Published on July 13, 2018 at 9:50 am
Councillors have agreed for the latest draft of its 15 year local plan to go out to consultation.
The Council approved the report which gives permission to start the consultation but made two amendments.
The recommendations added to the report before it was given the green light were:
- That this Council ask the Planning Inspector to give full and due consideration to the local community plan in relation to Edenfield.
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Published on June 27, 2018 at 1:21 pm
Community Asset s Standing Tall (CAST) is a regeneration charity dedicated to the well-being of communities and preservation of heritage in Rossendale. In this new blog, Jenna Tague, updates on the Great Get Together which the team attended.
CAST had a lovely day at the Great Get Together last Saturday (June 23).
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Published on June 15, 2018 at 3:44 pm
Rossendale Council has released a further update on discussions around the stopping up order needed for the Spinning Point development.
Councillor Alyson Barnes, Leader of the Council, said:
“I am very pleased to say we are making really positive progress with the Royal Mail on the stopping up order. I have actively been seeking to meet with the chief executive of Royal Mail to thrash out a deal and I am pleased to report we have nearly reached a compromise which all parties can agree.
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Published on May 23, 2018 at 4:28 pm
Stubbylee Park in Bacup is one of the latest groups to have made a successful bid to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative.
Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to manage its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – all raised from the 10p bag levy – being awarded to local community projects, every 2 months.
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Published on April 13, 2018 at 1:31 pm
A free event is being held to help Rossendale businesses, charities and other organisations meet the requirements of new data privacy regulations.
Rossendale Council and Burnley College are holding the GDPR Express workshop on April 23. It is part of the Council’s Invest in Rossendale programme.
It takes place at Rossendale Council, Futures Park, Bacup, from 9am to noon and will include information from specialists on data privacy, cyber security, IT and mobile phone hardware recycling, data protection and digital marketing.
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Published on March 26, 2018 at 5:19 pm
Welcome to the second edition of my planning blog. As Portfolio Holder for Regulatory Services, planning comes under my remit.
I am full of admiration for the work our planning officers do. It is one of the core functions of the Council and can also be one of the most controversial.
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Published on March 26, 2018 at 3:09 pm
Dragon Den’s Hilary Devey has praised Rossendale as a place on the up.
The Chief Executive of Pall-Ex, the pallet distribution company, said she had heard great things about the borough.
Ms Devey will be speaking to Rossendale businesses at an event to celebrate local buisnesses and launch “Invest in Rossendale”.
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