Four protesters, charged with Aggravated Trespass after they held a ‘sit-in’ at Centros’ London offices in December 2008 (see news story), were found Not Guilty last week at Westminster Magistrate’s […]
Council Seeks Scrutiny
Since 2001, Lancaster City Council has had a system has been in place to consider issues of concern to local people, known as the Overview and Scrutiny process. Now, the […]
Potential Housing Sites Report Published
Lancaster City Council has published its most comprehensive assessment of housing opportunities ever undertaken across the district, initially identifying over 500 potential sites but narrowing those to just over 100. […]
Council’s Street Pride Scheme Extended
A further 22 areas which will benefit from Lancaster City Council’s ‘Street Pride’ cleaning scheme have been named, including locations in Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth. The Council is also launching […]
Lancaster City Council and Centros Issue Statement on Canal Corridor
Lancaster City Council and developer Centros have issued the following statement regarding the proposed Canal Corridor development, which we publish here in full: Lancaster City Council will take a leading […]
Conservatives Cry Foul on Council Tax
Local Conservatives have hit out at changes in the Council Tax which they say are unfair to the area’s rural households. Last December, Lancaster City Council decided to change the […]
Students Sports Support for Local Youngsters
Students from the University of Cumbria have been putting on free sports coaching sessions for local youngsters on the Lancaster (St. Martins) campus. Sam Williams, Tom Underwood, Andrew Findlay and […]
Half Term Holidays: No Time to Be Bored!
Lancaster City Council is offering a variety of activities during the April and May school holidays (Monday, April 6 – Friday April 17, excluding the bank holiday weekend) and (Tuesday […]
Centros does the chicken run
Local Greens say they are “unsurprised” by the announcement from developer Centros that it will not appear in an independent public inquiry to address the soundness of its proposals for […]
Centros pulls out of Canal Corridor Planning Inquiry
Developers Centros have announced they will not appear at the forthcoming public inquiry into the proposed Canal Corridor development scheme, leaving an already financially troubled City Council to stump up […]