Tag: Chorley Council
12 days ago
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Labour tightens grip on Chorley Council as Tories nearly wiped out

The Conservatives kept hold of just one seat at the local elections with Labour making two gains

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4 months ago
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New housing estate next to club gets green light despite safety fears

Up to 16 properties will be built on a plot of land next to Chorley Rugby Union Club in Euxton

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5 months ago
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Chorley and Michael Gove go head-to-head in furious planning row

'Computer say no - but Government say yes?'

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7 months ago
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Building plans for Chorley's former Mormon Church site are thrown out

Chorley Borough Council’s planning committee gave the development a resounding 'no'

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8 months ago
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Leisure centres given £1.1m bailout after fears they won't survive winter

Ballooning energy and wage bills and a dip in user numbers since the pandemic struck have combined to leave the three...

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9 months ago
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By-election date following tragic death of council chairman

Keith Iddon passed away suddenly on June 29

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9 months ago
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Corner shop has licence suspended after selling knife and cider to kids

Chorley Borough Council has suspended the premises licence at Vinny's Convenience Store

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10 months ago
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Chorley pollution concerns over dangerous particle matter

PM2.5 is a dangerous particle matter that can contain toxins that enter the bloodstream and are transported around th...

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10 months ago
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Defence plea after torrential rain saw properties flooded

"The problem is that when drivers go through floods, the swell from their vehicles pushes the water over people’s doo...

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10 months ago
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One of Lancashire's oldest swimming pools finally set for a facelift

The leisure facility is 111-years-old and luckily the proposed repairs will not be as costly as once feared

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about 1 year ago
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Parties give their pledges ahead of Chorley Council's local elections vote

Chorley Borough Council will welcome a new raft of councillors on May 4

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about 1 year ago
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Stony silence response as council leader begs for cash to repair local roads

Alistair Bradley, the leader of Chorley Borough Council, has had no response from Lancashire County Council when aski...

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over 1 year ago
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Chorley will only increase residents' council tax by just under two percent

It comes as some boroughs and districts are raising council tax by up to 4.99%

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over 1 year ago
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Government to decide on Lancashire's new 'super prison' on its own accord

The prison would house 1,715 inmates at Ulnes Walton

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over 1 year ago
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£15m conversion of Lancashire's grandest private home to take five years

Cuerden Hall, off Shady Lane, Chorley, is being turned back into a private manor house for owner Colin Shenton

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over 1 year ago
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Pub to be converted into one-room flats aimed at young professionals

The Seven Stars Inn, on Eaves Lane, closed down at Easter

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over 1 year ago
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Chorley's network of warm hubs for people who can't afford heating to gather

Chorley Borough Councils is readying for the grim reality of the cost of living crisis this winter

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over 1 year ago
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Pub at centre of 15-strong punch-up in the street outside allowed to reopen

'We can't control our customers when they step outside'

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over 1 year ago
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Popular Indian restaurant to be turned into houses and flats

The Little Tiger, on Bolton Road in Abbey Village, served its final meal earlier this month

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over 1 year ago
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Chorley residents regularly abandoned by reduced and overflowing bus service

The route has been temporarily reduced from a 30-minute to an hourly frequency in recent months

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over 1 year ago
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£1.7m saved as Chorley and South Ribble share council staff

Chorley and South Ribble councils employ shared staff across both central Lancashire authorities

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almost 2 years ago
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Calls for remote meetings to help shift make-up of mostly male, over 60 councils

Councillors had to return in person to the corridors of local power from May 2021 after the government decided not to...

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almost 2 years ago
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New hotel and public space plans unveiled with hope to transform Chorley

Chorley Council has finalised the pitch that it intends to make to government

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almost 2 years ago
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Unique swimming baths saved but will be shut for six months over defects

Chorley Council was presented with three options for the repairs now needed to keep the historic baths afloat

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almost 2 years ago
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Govt could overturn local decision to reject plans for super-prison

Chorley Council’s planning committee refused to grant permission for the controversial development

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almost 2 years ago
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Chorley party boat business told to leave as landlord plots redevelopment

Boatel Party Cruises is a popular day out attraction at the Botany Bay Boatyard, near Chorley

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almost 2 years ago
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Chorley wedding venue's new overnight huts in idyllic surroundings

Rivington Hall Barn got the nod from Chorley councillors

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almost 2 years ago
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Delight after plan for new estate at Charnock Richard thrown out

Members of Chorley Council’s planning committee rejected a bid to build 76 homes

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almost 2 years ago
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Fire-destroyed pub in Hoghton set to be converted into offices

A planning officer report presented to committee members described the spot as an “eyesore”

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almost 2 years ago
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Chorley Tory leader explains return after Labour gives 'bloody nose'

Cllr Cullens freely admits that his party was given “a bloody nose” and muses that it could have been even worse

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almost 2 years ago
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Village where residents are in limbo over new housing estate

The proposal – for a 76-dwelling development of affordable homes on land off Charter Lane – was presented to Chorley ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Clayton-le-Woods building to be bulldozed to help adults with disabilities

The new facility will be centred around a two-storey apartment complex

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almost 2 years ago
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Luxury homes coming to Chorley village greenbelt land

Mawdesley is set to welcome luxury homes on a plot of greenbelt land

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almost 2 years ago
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Chorley's Astley Hall cottage roof repair bill trebles to £340k

Work is ongoing to renovate the structure after the Grade I listed hall was re-opened to the public after being close...

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almost 2 years ago
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New mayor of Chorley installed with vow to help tackle misogyny

Cllr Berry brought a motion before the borough authority which saw the council commit to doing all it can to “build a...

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about 2 years ago
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Teachers and parents worried over hate-fuelled attitudes to women among kids

Members also heard that highly-sexualised language was regarded as “the norm” by a growing number of teens

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about 2 years ago
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What every party is promising voters in the Chorley elections

Chorley voters will head to the polls on May 5 for the next round of local elections in the borough

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about 2 years ago
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Chorley housing development decision delayed as 200 objections lodged

76 homes are planned for land off Charter Lane, Charnock Richard

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about 2 years ago
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Woman believes her crash proves new drive-thru Starbucks is a danger

One objector to the scheme says that her own recent experience shows that the councillors’ initial caution was well-p...

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