Tag: South Ribble Borough Council
3 months ago
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Nightmare as sinkhole opens up in garden 'and just didn't stop growing'

Dorothy Rigby watched with increasing horror as the hole gradually opened up, getting ever bigger

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4 months ago
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Dog agility school plans thwarted after locals fear being 'blighted by barking'

Wild Paws Agility had made a bid to open a new facility in Hutton – but a planning inspector has now blocked the prop...

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7 months ago
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Bamber Bridge park slide to be replaced for £110k after fires ravage playground

The centrepiece of a South Ribble children’s playground is to be replaced. It comes more than a year after it was des...

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8 months ago
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Leyland's Music in the Park to return in 2024 as council covers £116k bill

Bananarama, Go West, Tony Hadley and Peter Andre have all played at the Leyland music festival

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8 months ago
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Calls for 'hedgehog highways' to be built on all new housing estates

Hedgehog highways work by ensuring that there are gaps between garden fences, so that they can wander around an area ...

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9 months ago
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Lancashire County Council's £1.2m bill to make 200 staff redundant in one year

"Like every large organisation, the way we provide our services evolves and changes over time and in all cases we mus...

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9 months ago
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South Ribble merger torn up four years after controversial decision

"Unfortunately, it’s taken the administration four years to accept that they got it wrong"

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10 months ago
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Controversial dog agility school takes a step forward despite barking fears

One local told the planning committee that the noise generated even by single canine being schooled at the site could...

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10 months ago
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Plans for retirement bungalows to be built on protected land quashed

The council has rejected the proposal for the 10-dwelling development

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about 1 year ago
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South Ribble councillors row over £40m debt claim as leader left bemused

South Ribble Borough Council will be re-elected in full on May 4

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about 1 year ago
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Party promises ahead of South Ribble Borough Council's local elections

South Ribble Borough Council local elections 2023 will take place on May 4

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about 1 year ago
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Luxury houses set for greenbelt land after passing 'special circumstances' test

The properties will be built on land off Fowler Lane in Farington, which is already occupied by one-time agricultural...

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about 1 year ago
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Roadworks firm loses planning appeal over compound built without permission

It means Ventbrook Limited will likely have to dismantle the development to the rear of Duxburys Garden Centre or fac...

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about 1 year ago
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Tory councillor of 24 years defects to Labour ahead of local elections

Hoole ward representative on South Ribble Borough Council, David Suthers, has called time on his association with the...

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about 1 year ago
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Bistro to become micro pub – but pledges famous food will survive the switch

The venue will “not create any noise additional to its existing bistro use”

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about 1 year ago
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'Orwelian' election voter ID requirement with thousands unable to vote

For the 2023 local elections every voter must show a valid ID before choosing their preferred candidate

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about 1 year ago
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Dog agility school delayed after locals fear being 'blighted by barking'

Wild Paws Agility, which currently operates from bases in Leyland and Bilsborrow – and boasts clients from across the...

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over 1 year ago
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South Ribble's three new employment sites creating 2,000-plus jobs

The plans site alongside other local plans for 1,300 new homes in the same area

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over 1 year ago
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Flooding fears calmed over new housing estate on former school site

Westchurch Homes is building 50 affordable homes on the former Lostock Hall Primary School site

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over 1 year ago
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Bamber Bridge's new council houses likely to remain under council ownership

South Ribble has built its first council houses in 25 years

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over 1 year ago
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Clock ticking on spending £5m South Ribble leisure centre cash - or give it back

£5m of public funding was secured to make Bamber Bridge, Leyland, and Penwortham leisure centres more environmentally...

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over 1 year ago
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Hopes NHS demand will fall through £240k South Ribble wellbeing programme

South Ribble Borough Council is putting forward the money for a new programme designed to improve residents' health

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over 1 year ago
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Housing plan on hold over 'ludicrous' flooding fears

A nearby resident, said that it was “ludicrous” to put further pressure on an already struggling drainage system

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over 1 year ago
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New Lidl store gets the green light for small Lancashire town

Land will be transformed with the creation of 301 new properties and a Lidl foodstore on land where the Vernon Carus ...

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over 1 year ago
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Furious residents renew fight against petrol station plans in village

“There are six homes that are going to have headlights in their bedroom and living room windows every time a car leav...

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over 1 year ago
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Bamber Bridge bar gets go-ahead to increase Friday and Saturday opening hours

Lancs and Yorks on Station Road has been given the green light for a 12-month period after pledging to control noise

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over 1 year ago
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New care complex will help tackle 'suitable housing' shortage for older people

The green light has been given for Jubilee Gardens to be built on land next to the authority’s own headquarters on We...

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over 1 year ago
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Pickering's Farm should be rejected until A582 expansion, says council leader

South Ribble Borough Council leader Paul Foster has spoken at the public inquiry to build 1,100 homes at Pickering's ...

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over 1 year ago
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Pickering's Farm inquiry starts as 1,100 new homes loom for Penwortham

1,100 new homes want to be built at Pickering's Farm; land that runs between the A582 Penwortham Way and Leyland Road

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over 1 year ago
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Worden Park car park woes with signs wrongly labelled

Parking rules changed at Worden Park but signage was not updated by council officers

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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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over 1 year ago
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'Chickens slaughtered' and non-stop barking - the dog field angering neighbours

Members of South Ribble Borough Council’s planning committee have rejected a retrospective application for two fields...

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almost 2 years ago
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Community comes together to help finish renovations to once run-down park

Locals recently dug in to help South Ribble Borough Council staff with planting up the attraction in Walton Park

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almost 2 years ago
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Clash at Bamber Bridge bar as locals complain over 'thumping DJ music'

The Lancs and Yorks on Station Road, Bamber Bridge, wants to open until the early hours of the morning

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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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South Ribble councillors must show each other respect as kids targeted in shops

The shocking stories emerged during a meeting of the full council at which the district’s politicians got a dressing ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Brand new 743-home estate confirmed for site of Leyland test track

South Ribble Borough Council said in April 2019 that it would refuse permission if the housebuilder faIled to fulfil ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Plans to revamp Penwortham shopping streets to go before government

There were opposition calls for the council instead to consider a scheme to fund the reopening of Midge Hall railway ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Rush hour protest against plans for Samlesbury garden village development

Story Homes submitted a planning application to South Ribble Borough Council, seeking permission for the scheme

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