This major project, to build a new Bowland Tunnel from Botton Hall to Newton-in-Bowland, is scheduled to start in 2023. Though most of the HARP operations will be at the Newton end, the work will bring a lot of extra HGVs onto certain of Tatham’s roads for a period of many months. The proposed route […]
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March 2021. Higher Lythe Barn Click here for application information.
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Cllr. Wilson represented the parish council at a Zoom webinar organised by Electricity North West Limited (ENWL). As Distribution Network Operator for our area, ENWL has a pivotal role in enabling and assisting communities to transition away from dependence on fossil fuels for home heating and private transport, because that transition means using, and generating,
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March 2021. Barley Bank House Click here for application information.
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March 2021. The Parish Council published a new edition of its electronic newsletter, and distributed it to subscribers. Click here to read.
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Councillors Taylor and Wilson attended a launch event in January 2021 for a carbon footprinting tool designed specifically for parishes. It has been developed by the Centre for Sustainable Energy in Bristol, working with Exeter University, and draws on a very wide range of data sources to calculate carbon emissions for every parish in England.
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February 2021. The council supported a proposal to restore the link, which would offer the possibility of through services from Hellifield to Manchester and Preston. With good Bentham Line connections at Hellifield, the link could open up to residents job opportunities in the Blackburn and Burnley areas. The consultation is open to individuals; click this
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February 2021. Four Tatham Parish Councillors attended a Zoom meeting hosted by Lancaster City Council. The aim of the session was to investigate ways of implementing the People’s Jury recommendations, set out at the previous meeting in December 2020. A short talk on the important role of food and diet, from production, through consumption, to
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February 2021. Councillor Osborne attended an on-line presentation, by Kate Gilmartin, for parish councillors and other interested people, on the Rural Community Energy Fund, which has been set up to enable communities to find solutions for carbon reduction via energy efficiency or renewable energy. A community successful in accessing the offered funding can form a
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February 2021. Councillors Osborne, Taylor and Wilson attended a follow-up Zoom briefing for town and parish councillors, led by the Leader and Chief Executive of Lancaster City Council. It was reported that the three councils involved – Lancaster, Barrow and South Lakeland – are hopeful that the government will shortly give the go-ahead for a
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