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BBC News
03-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Pendle waste sites shelved as council tax rises
Councillors have axed plans for a new £2m waste transfer site as they agreed a tax rise for the coming Council shelved the scheme in Nelson as the new budget was set, while another waste site, planned for Henrietta Street in Bacup, was also said the facilities could prove to "white elephants" ahead of potential changes to waste management across Lancashire, as well as expected reforms to the county's councils.A council tax rise of 2.99% was also approved. Band D properties will now be charged £307.52 for Pendle's share of council tax, an increase of £8.93 for the than 60% of Pendle homes are in Band A, which will see an increase of £5.95 for the year from £199.06 to £ Dem councillor David Whipp called for the £2m waste plans to be said: "Local government reorganisation requires us to reconsider our priorities, and what we can aim to do in the next two or three years."Whipp added that with council reform "the pattern of waste collection and disposal may change radically" and "it would be foolish to spend millions on something that may well be a white elephant in just four years". Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
BBC News
21-02-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Pendle: Councillor who owes £4k in council tax resigns
A Lancashire councillor has resigned after it was revealed he owed almost £4,000 in council tax and had missed dozens of Ormerod was Conservative councillor for Colne's Vivary Bridge ward until his resignation, which was announced on Thursday by Pendle Borough Council in an email to other this week it was revealed Ormerod owed £3,835 in unpaid council tax to across three years. He had also attended just three council meetings since being elected in May council confirmed the resignation earlier. Lib Dem councillor David Whipp had earlier called on Ormerod to stand down. He said he had missed 27 council meetings and also asked why the Conservative Party had chosen him as a candidate "who was £1,700 in arrears at the time of his election".On Thursday Paul Preston, the council's democratic services manager, sent an email to councillors seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service. It said Ormerod has resigned "with immediate effect".Both Ormerod and Pendle Council's Conservative group have been contacted for comment but have not Vivary Bridge ward in Colne already has one by-election due following the resignation of another Pendle Conservative councillor – Kieran McGladdery – after he claimed his group failed to back stronger taxi safety measures at a council meeting in December.A second by-election is expected but a date is yet to be confirmed. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
