The next steps for the proposed Clifton Business Park and Enterprise Zone, which could create around 1,300 jobs, will be discussed by Calderdale Council’s Cabinet on Monday 15 January 2018. The Council is working with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to transform a large site at Clifton near… read more … about Plans progress for Clifton Business Park>>
Work by West Yorkshire Combined Authority to promote cycling and walking received a boost today in the form of an extra £640,000 from the government’s Cycling and Walking to Work Fund. In April this year, the Combined Authority was awarded £1.5m from the Fund. Its CityConnect team have been using it to help people in… read more … about West Yorkshire Combined Authority welcomes additional £640,000 funding to encourage active travel>>
Press release from West Yorkshire Combined Authority For the tenth year, special Boxing Day bus services will be running on 26 December. West Yorkshire Combined Authority is once again funding half-hourly services that will run on over 70 routes into main city and town centres, retail locations and hospitals, between 9am and 6pm. Destinations include… read more … about West Yorkshire’s special Boxing Day buses running for tenth year>>
Calderdale Council has responded to concerns from local people about its gritting routes, after further assessment of 190 roads during the last week. With immediate effect the Council is reinstating gritting on the 70 roads in the table below. Other routes will be added after extra gritters have been brought in and when issues with… read more … about Council adds extra roads to gritting routes>>
Calderdale Council, as an accredited Living Wage employer, welcomes the increase in UK and London rates announced by the Living Wage Foundation as part of Living Wage Week (5 – 11 November 2017). In its second year as part of a movement of over 3,500 employers who voluntarily opt in to paying the real Living… read more … about Council pledges continued support for Living Wage>>
November will see the number of times people have scanned QR Codes and NFC Tags at West Yorkshire bus stops surpass 1,000,000. West Yorkshire Combined Authority fitted unique QR (Quick Response) codes and NFC (Near Field Communication) tags on the bottom left of timetable displays at all of the county’s 14,500 bus stops. When scanned… read more … about Real-time scans at West Yorkshire’s bus stops passes the one million mark>>
As Remembrance Day approaches, the next tour at Todmorden Town Hall will focus on remembering the effect of wars on Todmorden. On Sunday 5 November at 2pm, the free taster tour will tell some of the stories of the many memorials in the building and in Todmorden, commemorating those who served their country in wartime. … read more … about Remembering the wartime stories of Todmorden>>
It’s Local Democracy Week (9 – 15 October 2017) and residents in Calderdale are being reminded to register to vote, to ensure their voice is heard at election time. The Council is carrying out its ‘annual canvass of electors’ to make sure residents’ details on the electoral register are up to date. A team of… read more … about Don’t miss your chance to vote>>
Over 2500 people made more than 10,000 comments by the end of the latest consultation on Calderdale Council’s draft Local Plan. The plan identifies potential sites where new development, including housing, employment and open space would be allowed and the areas which would remain as green belt. It also provides detailed policy for the determination of planning applications…. read more … about Huge response to Local Plan consultation>>
