Whittingham Primary School - Academy engagement event
17th of October, 2025Lancashire County Council has a statutory duty to ensure that there is a Lancashire place for every child that requires one. As part of this approach provision of a new school is proposed for September 2026, with a phased delivery. View the&n...
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Flooding Advice
17th of September, 2025Extreme weather has become an issue in many countries and with winter around the corner, flooding may soon be an issue locally. According to the Environment Agency, over two million people in England live and work in properties at risk of flooding...
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Police Contacts
11th of September, 2025As we have previously reported in the Parish Newsletter, police resources are allocated to areas based on the number of crimes / incidents so it is important that ALL incidents are reported - no matter how small or insignificant - as added together, ...
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Devolution Information
3rd of September, 2025The Government has set out its ambition to dissolve district councils and instead create a number of new unitary councils to deliver all local services through single authorities. All of Lancashire's 15 councils are now working together to dev...
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Former Whittingham Hospital Site
27th of August, 2025Development of the former Whittingham Hospital site is complex and has taken several years to come forward. In summary, outline permission was granted for 650 new homes under 06/2013/0779 of which, 150 new homes were built by Taylor Wimpey - 06/20...
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Housing and the 5 year supply
15th of July, 2025The current Government has pledged to build 1.5 million new homes during its Parliament – a commitment that the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Raynor stated “there are no excuses not to achieve”. Consequently, in Dec 2024, the...
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