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…
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,…
June 2, 2018 England’s fields are turning to concrete This is an interesting article from today’s Daily Express. According to the article the amount of undeveloped greenfield land used for housing has soared…
March 18, 2018 Consultation Period Open for our Neighbourhood Forum Application As you are probably aware the Forum Management Committee submitted our application for designation of the Forum to Rossendale Council on 23rd February. A few days…
February 11, 2018 Constitution At a general meeting of members on 26th March 2019 it was unanimously agreed that the Edenfield Community Neighbourhood Forum constitution be further amended…
February 11, 2018 BBC Two series – The New Builds are Coming…. This series was mentioned in our meeting last week. It may be interesting watching for those of us interested in understanding the need for…
February 5, 2018 We’re not NIMBYs, we’re SLIMBYs Alan Ashworth spotted this in last week’s Times Newspaper. I think that it summarises our position well. We aren’t “NIMBYs” (Not In My Back…