PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED FOR 514 NEW HOMES ON ST HELENS LOCAL PLAN ALLOCATED SITE
In line with St Helens Borough Council’s adopted Local Plan (A Balanced Plan For A Better Future) to address the borough’s housing need to 2037, planning permission has been granted for more than 500 new homes in Bold and Lea Green, 155 of which are classified as affordable. At a planning committee meeting this week, […]
Livv Homes breaks ground on first Warrington housing development
Construction work has commenced on Livv Homes’ first affordable housing scheme in Warrington, Cheshire. The £5.2m Parkside Place development on Wilderspool Causeway is set to support local people onto the property ladder with 29 apartments for Rent to Buy. Located within a predominately residential area along Wilderspool Causeway, the five-storey contemporary apartment block will comprise […]
Care experience set as new protected characteristic
Cabinet has approved setting care experience as a new protected characteristic, to promote better outcomes for children and young people who are in care or have been in care previously. A young person who is “care experienced” means that they have had experience of the care system, either on a temporary or long-term basis, and […]
Liverpool City Council leadership requests government cancel plans to scrap the Household Support Fund
Liverpool City Council leader, Cllr Liam Robinson, has written to the Government calling on them to scrap plans to abolish the Household Support Fund. Together with Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources, Cllr Ruth Bennett, they are backing a call by the Local Government Association (LGA) to request the fund continues beyond […]
CHANGES TO ST HELENS LIBRARY SERVICE TO COME INTO EFFECT FROM 26 JANUARY 2024
Following approval of the St Helens Library Strategy for 2023-2028 to transform and modernise the service in the wake of government cuts, four libraries will no longer be maintained by the local authority from Friday 26 January. At a cabinet meeting in October last year, senior councillors approved the five-year strategy which sets out plans […]
SITE VISIT BRINGS LEARNING TO LIFE
Construction students from Ashley School in Widnes enjoyed their recent visit to Halton’s new leisure centre site so much it has sparked their interest in the industry. The Year 11 class were shown around the site by contractor Wates who talked them through the project, showed them the plans and answered questions. The students found […]
Northenden Community Library reopens in new home in the village
The popular Northenden Community Library will open in a new home in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall in the New Year. The Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG), Parkway Green building on Palatine Road which has housed the library for ten years is now being repurposed which means that the community library is moving. It will re-open […]
KAREN AND RASHMA ARE IN THE FRAME FOR A PRIZE!
Photographs of their lives in Halton have won a competition for two local residents as part of National Learning Disability Week. Karen Foster and Rashma Hunt, who live at Thornills in Widnes, supported by Halton Borough Council’s Supported Housing Network, entered pictures of themselves taking part in activities including gardening and sport. They each won […]
LEADER SPEAKS OUT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT SETTLEMENT
The Leader of St Helens Borough Council has spoken out about the Local Government Settlement, which was announced by Government earlier this week. Council Leader Councillor David Baines spoke out after government confirmed they would once again expect councils to raise council tax in order to close some of their budget gap, rather than provide the necessary […]
TAXI DRIVER PROSECUTED FOR REFUSING GUIDE DOG
A private hire taxi driver has been prosecuted for refusing to allow a guide dog into his vehicle. Responding to a complaint from a member of the public, St Helens Borough Council’s licensing department filed a case against Florin-Constantin Caliman for failure to carry a disabled person who was accompanied by an assistance dog under the […]