Bigger garage and new village home drive upsets parish council
Plans to increase the height of a new garage and create a new driveway at a moorland home has generated an objection from the parish council.
Local Democracy Reporter
The Lancashire Telegraph's veteran Local Democracy Reporter, Bill Jacobs covers all the goings-on across Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, and Hyndburn borough councils, plus other public services in East Lancashire. Bill has spent his career in political journalism, from town halls to the wood-panelled corridors of Westminster.
The Lancashire Telegraph's veteran Local Democracy Reporter, Bill Jacobs covers all the goings-on across Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, and Hyndburn borough councils, plus other public services in East Lancashire. Bill has spent his career in political journalism, from town halls to the wood-panelled corridors of Westminster.
Plans to increase the height of a new garage and create a new driveway at a moorland home has generated an objection from the parish council.
The creation of a new state-of-the-art boathouse for use by young people at a Blackburn lake is set to be approved.
The relocation of a heritage-listed medieval market cross in a moorland village as part of a wider restoration project is set for approval.
Blackburn with Darwen Council is to join the national “We are Undefeatable” campaign to support people with long-term health conditions.
Blackburn's The Making Rooms has been awarded a £55,000 grant to tackle electronic waste and help communities in need get online.
A new online portal has been launched to residents of Darwen can give their views on how £20m could be spent on projects in Darwen.
ASDA, owned by Blackburn's billionaire Issa brothers, saw its total revenues, excluding fuel, increase by 6.6 per cent in the first three months of this year.
The relocation of Blackburn's statue of former MP Barbara Castle looks set to go ahead despite an initial false start.
Roof repairs needed as the first stage of an £8 million facelift for Blackburn's King George's Hall are set to get the go-ahead.
The creation of a multi-million pound new manufacturing and research centre in Darwen is set to move a step closer next week.
Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event.
As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles.
Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services.
These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.
It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.