August 6, 2018 CPRE says 78% of planned developments on greenfield sites do not fall under the government’s “affordable” definition This article highlights the futility of large-scale building on green belt land. Building on the green belt primarily benefits house builders due to the…
July 25, 2018 Daily Mail Article re: National Planning Framework – “Developer’s Charter…local objections to be ignored” Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but this may be of interest to our members. The housing minister, James Brokenshire has announced…
July 24, 2018 Council desperate to avoid government intervention in homes target Interesting article in this week’s Free Press….. In this article, Rossendale Council Leader Alyson Barnes says that the council is ‘between a rock and…
July 20, 2018 CPRE article about Green Belt land This is an interesting article describing 10 myths about the Green Belt from the CPRE. Myth 1: Green Belt is an old fashioned idea…
July 17, 2018 Meeting Minutes – 12th June 2018 Meetings of the Management Committee meeting held on 12th June 2018 Forum-Management-Committee-Minutes-12-06-18 (pdf)
July 10, 2018 Rossendale’s Local Plan in crisis – Planning officers ask councillors to give them control of the plan to meet looming deadline If Rossendale Council fail to publish their Local Plan for formal consultation by the end of August, the Government might intervene, warns a report…
June 21, 2018 Meeting Minutes – 10th May 2018 Meetings of the Management Committee meeting held on 10th May 2018 Forum-Management-Committee-Minutes-10-05-18 (pdf)
June 14, 2018 Management Committee Minutes 12/6/2018 Minutes of the management committee meeting held on 12th June 2018
June 12, 2018 Edenfield Fete Pictures On 9th June Edenfield was blessed with great weather and a bumper turn out at the village fete. ECNF was there and our stand…
June 8, 2018 Edenfield Fete – 9th June 2018 We’re pleased to say that we have a stall at Edenfield Fete on Saturday 9th June. If any local residents want to meet us,…