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AGM to honour Aldermen

Published: 23/04/2018

RESIDENTS are invited to attend Copeland Borough Council's Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 8, in Egremont Market Hall.

Members of the press are also invited to report and take photographs.

Two new Aldermen will be honoured at the meeting - Coun Lena Hogg and Coun John Jackson will receive their medals.

The occasion also includes the appointment of the chairman and deputy chairman of the council for the forthcoming year, along with a look back at the previous year from Mayor Mike Starkie.

The meeting will run as follows:

New powers to tackle litter louts

Published: 20/04/2018

MOTORISTS in Copeland are being warned that they face a fine if litter is thrown from their vehicle.

Copeland Council now has the power to fine the keeper of a vehicle if it has reason to believe that any of its occupiers has discarded litter.

Mike Starkie, Mayor of Copeland, said: “We welcome being given this new power in our ongoing battle with litter louts.

Small business rate relief form

Non Domestic Rates - small business artes relief form

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Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 13/04/2018

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Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 06/04/2018

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Spring spruce-up for Egremont play park

Published: 12/04/2018

AN EGREMONT play park has been given a new lease of life by Copeland Borough Council.

Repairs to the play area at Orgill park have been made alongside a refresh of the play bark throughout the site.

The Copeland Council Parks and Open Spaces team is responsible for cleaning and maintaining 14 play areas and two teen spaces across the borough.

The award-winning team was ranked top in the UK by the Association for Public Service Excellence, for the value-for-money way it looks after its open spaces, in 2016.

Fly-tipper hit with fine

Published: 11/04/2018

Copeland Borough Council has fined a householder after waste was illegally tipped on a picturesque rural road.

The council served a £250 fixed penalty notice on the resident, who claimed they had paid a 'man with a van' to take away the waste, believing it would be dealt with properly.

The extensive fly-tip, which contained a mixture of general household waste, was left on the fell road between Wath Brow and Brisco Mount in March.

List of applications determined w/e 30/03/2018

Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 30/03/2018

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