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St Bees Head Heritage Coast consultation closing

Published: 06/02/2019

TIME is running out for residents to have their say on the possible extension of St Bees Head Heritage Coast.

St Bees Head is the only Heritage Coast between Wales and Scotland, and the only area of high sea cliffs in the north-west.

Currently the designated area for the current St Bees Head Heritage Coast includes St Bees Head. The proposal suggests that the designation could stretch up the coast as far as Whitehaven.

Extending the current Heritage Coast could bring the following benefits:

Copeland Council to host Tourism Summit

Published: 05/02/2019

COPELAND Council will host the first Copeland Tourism Summit this month to showcase the “outstanding” tourism opportunities within the borough.

Hosted by Mike Starkie, the Mayor of Copeland, the February 15 Summit will feature a range of speakers from different sectors of the industry who will make commitments towards increasing tourism in the borough.

Briefing sessions for prospective candidates

Published: 04/02/2019

COPELAND Borough Council is holding a series of briefing sessions for prospective candidates in the upcoming local elections.

Prospective candidates, election agents and parish clerks are invited to the guidance sessions ahead of the May 2 mayoral, borough council and town/parish council elections.

In addition to discussing the election process and timetable, council officers will also talk about the roles and responsibilities of councillors. Information packs will be available.

The sessions will take place on:

40-year anniversary for much loved gardener

Published: 31/01/2019

A valued employee of Copeland Borough Council is celebrating 40 years of nurturing the borough.

Ian Pearce, aged 58, has spent four decades as a gardener mowing, planting, weeding, sweeping and maintaining parks and open spaces in Copeland, having joined the Council in 1978.

Mr Pearce has refined his skills in horticulture over the years having started working life at Beck Green nurseries, in Egremont, moving on to maintain Egremont Castle grounds for 10 years.

List of applications determined w/e 25/01/2019

Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 25/01/2019

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List of applications received w/e 25/01/2019

Weekly list of planning applications received for w/e 25/01/2019

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Copeland Council praised by review team

Published: 30/01/2019

COPELAND Council has received a positive report from an external review team.

The council took part in a Corporate Peer Challenge, organised by the Local Government Association (LGA), in order to evaluate, improve and challenge its performance.

The review team, made up of elected members and officers from a range of councils across the UK, spent three days in Copeland touring the area, attending council meetings and interviewing more than 80 members of staff, councillors and external partners.

In its report published this week, the team’s key findings are:

Corporate Peer Challenge report

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Copeland businesses to receive discounted rates

Published: 24/01/2019

A TOTAL of 250 businesses in Copeland have received a further discount on their rates bills.

Copeland Council, under its Discretionary Discount Scheme, has applied a further reduction to firms in the borough whose rates increased as part of a Government reassessment of rateable values in 2017.

Whitehaven town centre gardens transformed

Published: 23/01/2019

WORK has started to revitalise St Nicholas’ Gardens, Whitehaven.

Copeland Borough Council’s Parks and Open Spaces team has begun digging up flower beds, weeding paths and edging the lawns, in preparation for bed planting in spring.

The work needed to rejuvenate the gardens will take place over the next nine days and will leave the area looking neat and tidy for residents to enjoy.

The programme of works has been part funded by Whitehaven Town Council in partnership with the Parish of Whitehaven Church Council.

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