November 18, 2018 ECNF response to Rossendale Council’s Draft local plan The Forum’s comprehensive representations regarding the local plan for Rossendale have been submitted to Rossendale Borough Council by our planning consultants, Troy Planning and…
November 1, 2018 ECNF Objections to the Rossendale Draft Local Plan ECNF would like to thank everyone who gave their support to the Forum’s objections to the Rossendale Draft Local Plan or who submitted their…
October 24, 2018 BBC News article – Young couples ‘trapped in car dependency’ This is an interesting BBC News article describing the dependence on cars in new build developments. Obviously some food for thought in here as…
October 21, 2018 Coffee Morning – 20th October 2018 The Forum held a Coffee Morning at the Community Centre on 20th October. It was very well attended by village residents who enjoyed coffee,…
September 4, 2018 Object to Rossendale Borough Council’s Local Plan Rossendale Borough Council have published their revised draft Local Plan and you have until the end of the final consultation period on 5th October…
August 24, 2018 Rossendale BC opens consultation on Local Plan Rossendale Borough Council have now issued the latest version of the Local Plan which can be accessed through the following link: https://www.rossendale.gov.uk/downloads/download/11106/consultation_on_the_publication_pre-submission_version_of_the_local_plan Consultation on…
August 22, 2018 Scoping Questionnaire for ECNF neighbourhood plan As you may be aware the Forum is now starting work on preparing a Neighbourhood Plan for Edenfield and we have appointed planning advisors…
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…