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Enjoy Copeland's coast with free dog events

Published: 22/05/2018

COPELAND Council is supporting two free, fun events for dog owners this summer.

The events are at Haverigg on June 5 and St Bees on  July 11, both from 11am until 3pm.

They are run by the Turning Tides Partnership, of which Copeland Council is a member. The events are part of the LOVEmyBEACH campaign for clean, safe beaches and seas.

Dog owners will be able to meet others and discuss ways they can work together to keep beaches and seas clean.

Copeland's services over the bank holiday

Published: 22/05/2018

COPELAND Borough Council's offices will be closed this coming bank holiday Monday, May 28. 

The Distington Hall Crematorium and its office will also be closed, but the Chapel of Remembrance will be open from 9am until 4.15pm.

There will be no household waste, garden and recycling collections on bank holiday Monday and all collections will be one day later than usual that week.

The Beacon Museum will be open from 10am until 4.30pm and is running family events during the half term week.

£88,000 awarded to improve borough's shop fronts

Published: 18/05/2018

MORE THAN £88,000 has been awarded to businesses in the borough to improve the appearance of their commercial premises.

So far grants have been awarded to 34 businesses in Copeland as part of Copeland Borough Council’s building grants scheme.

Businesses can apply for up to £5,000 for improvements to shopfronts, windows and frames, doorways, external decoration and signage. It is a 50 per cent contribution that means that businesses are required to invest in their premises to match-fund the grant.

Copeland celebrates planning success

Published: 16/05/2018

COPELAND Council has one of the best performing planning departments in the country, according to end-of-year figures.

The council had one of the highest rates of planning application approval nationally in 2017/18, with over 98 per cent of applications received given the go-ahead.

It is also one of the top performing planning authorities for the speed in which it determines applications, and has successfully defended 80 per cent of appeals against its decisions in the last 12 months.

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