Business owners and budding entrepreneurs in Calderdale are invited to a drop-in networking event, helping local enterprises to thrive in 2025. On Thursday 30 January, from 4pm until 6pm, the Crossley Gallery, D Mill, Dean Clough will host Calderdale Council’s Doing Business at Dean Clough event, offering an opportunity to connect with the Council’s Business… read more … about Helping businesses to thrive in 2025>>
Plans to improve walking and cycling access around Elland and West Vale, including to the planned new Elland Rail Station, are moving forward with the appointment of the contractor to finalise the detailed designs for the project. The new rail station for Elland is being delivered by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, in partnership with… read more … about Step forward for project to improve routes around Elland and support development of new rail station>>
Joint with Yorkshire Water Yorkshire Water and Calderdale Council are pleased to announce that one lane of the A646 Halifax Road, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge will reopen under two-way lights with effect from 6am on Thursday 23 January. The road was closed on the evening of Friday 13 December following a collapsed sewer and damaged culvert. … read more … about A646 Halifax Road, Hebden Bridge partial reopening under two-way lights>>
Work to protect Calderdale’s landscapes and wildlife and promote nature conservation and restoration is being outlined as part of a bold new Ecological Emergency Action Plan for the borough. Restoring nature in Calderdale offers a range of benefits, from enhancing climate resilience through improved carbon storage, to supporting biodiversity, reducing flood risk and improving air and… read more … about Launch of plan to protect and restore Calderdale’s natural environment>>
The care and support that adults receive from Calderdale Council has been praised in a recent independent review. The Council invited a team of experts from other local authorities to visit the Adult Services and Wellbeing department in October 2024. The team spent about 220 hours with the Council and talked to over 150 people,… read more … about Calderdale adults’ care and support teams “go the extra mile”>>
People are invited to have their say on proposals to make it easier and safer for people of all ages to walk, cycle, rest and play on routes around schools in Pellon, Halifax. The Pellon Routes to Schools project is a package of proposals designed to make walking, cycling and wheeling journeys safer and easier…. read more … about Have your say on proposals for Pellon>>
Protecting local services and balancing the books are the priority for the Council in the next financial year, as it adapts to changes to local government funding introduced by the new Government. The Cabinet’s budget proposals for 2025/6 were presented by the Leader of the Council at a Cabinet meeting on Monday 13 January 2025,… read more … about A budget for a time of change>>
A proposed multi-million-pound investment into Halifax could boost professional sports facilities in the town. Calderdale Council understands the value of sport to local people, and has been discussing the future of the Shay Stadium in Halifax with FC Halifax Town, Halifax Panthers RLFC and other interested parties, including local Ward Councillors. This comes after the… read more … about Options for the future of the Shay Stadium>>
Calderdale Council is considering options for its Household Waste Recycling Centres (tips) in the context of unprecedented financial challenges and needing to make significant cost savings. At the next Cabinet meeting on Monday 13 January 2025, Councillors will discuss how to best make these savings in the waste and recycling service budget. At Budget Council… read more … about Proposals for Household Waste Recycling Centres>>
