Published on Tuesday 18 March 2025 at 2:42 pm
Next month, over 9,000 households in Blackburn with Darwen will begin having their food waste collected, ahead of a borough wide roll out next year.
Filed under: bin | bins | Collections | Councillor Jim Smith | councillor phil riley | environment | Food | food waste | Phil Riley | pilot | recycle | Recycling | refuse | Trial | Waste Collections
Published on Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 12:00 pm
Calling all Blackburn with Darwen cyclists! Sign up now to take part in Love to Ride’s ‘Ride Anywhere Week’ and you could be in with the chance of winning £1,000!
Published on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 10:33 am
Due to safety concerns, an emergency order has today been submitted to fell the large tree in front of Darwen Town Hall.
Published on Monday 10 March 2025 at 12:19 pm
The Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and set a goal to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Filed under: Climate | climate change | Local Plan | Planning
Published on Tuesday 11 February 2025 at 1:21 pm
A Planning Inspector has upheld an enforcement notice that we served on the landowners at Hall Moss Farm – close to Whitehall Park.
Published on Wednesday 5 February 2025 at 5:48 pm
Lancashire’s new combined county authority (CCA) has officially come into being.
The Statutory Instrument which enabled the formation of the new body passed through the final legislative process in Parliament late last week and has now been formerly signed by Jim McMahon OBE MP, Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution.
Published on Wednesday 5 February 2025 at 11:35 am
Due to a reduction in air pollution, it’s been proposed that an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) in Blackburn South and Lower Darwen is no longer needed.
Filed under: air pollution | air quality | Air Quality Management Area | AQMA | Blackamoor | Blackburn | Consultation | council | Councillor Jim Smith | Have your say | Lower Darwen
Published on Wednesday 22 January 2025 at 11:31 am
A brand-new Repair Space has just launched at The Making Rooms in Blackburn, aiming to tackle e-waste and promote digital inclusion.
Published on Friday 17 January 2025 at 3:44 pm
Following the distribution of the festive guide to bin collections and recycling, a winner has been announced for the £500 cash prize.
Filed under: Blackburn | BwD Recycle | CaSH | Coucillor Jim Smith | Darwen | recycle | Recycle BwD | Recycling | Suez | waste | winner
Published on Monday 13 January 2025 at 3:57 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Family Hubs are celebrating a funding boost after 18 months of transforming family support services since their opening in June 2023.
Filed under: Family Hub | Family Hubs
Published on Friday 10 January 2025 at 12:51 pm
Plans to expand a Perspex International site in Darwen – part of almost £40m of new investment supported by the Town Deal – have been passed.
Published on Monday 6 January 2025 at 4:58 pm
A retrospective planning application has now been registered for land to the south of Whitehall Park, known as Hall Moss Farm.
Published on Tuesday 24 December 2024 at 1:11 pm
Care Leavers Christmas gifts were distributed at their winter event after generous donations from local businesses and partner agencies.
Filed under: care leavers | Children and Young People | children in care | christmas care leavers
Published on Monday 16 December 2024 at 1:30 pm
It was announced over the weekend that Ste Fay, the owner of ‘Biscuit Barrel Café’, or ‘Ste’s Place’ as it’s more commonly known, has passed away.
Filed under: Biscuit Barrel Cafe | Cafe | Darwen | Darwen Market | market | Ste Fay | Ste's Place
Published on Thursday 28 November 2024 at 1:30 pm
We are launching a new campaign to let residents who rent their homes know how they can get support if they have damp or mould.
Filed under: Councillor | Damian Talbot | Damp and Mould | help | Housing | public health | support
Published on Thursday 7 November 2024 at 3:00 pm
In a pioneering project, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council have teamed up with Together Housing to improve services and help communities feel empowered to take pride in their neighbourhood.
Filed under: Ashworth Estate | Blackburn | Brushing up the Borough | environment | Highways | Together Housing
Published on Wednesday 14 August 2024 at 5:00 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has today taken action to prevent the former St Mary’s College building from being used for functions and celebration events – an unauthorised change of use.
Published on Friday 9 August 2024 at 9:38 am
Perspex International has submitted a major planning application for one of its sites in Darwen – part of almost £40m of new investment supported by the Town Deal.
Published on Monday 29 July 2024 at 12:01 pm
A survey distributed earlier this year from our climate change team along with the help of the People’s Jury, received almost 1,400 responses.
Published on Friday 12 July 2024 at 10:52 am
Over the past year, the council have been continuing with their vow to lower the borough’s greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to a global call to tackle the impact of them.
Filed under: Blackburn | climate change | Darwen | environment
Published on Tuesday 9 July 2024 at 1:25 pm
Blackburn with Darwen borough council will begin collecting residents’ food waste from June 2026, with businesses of 10 employees or more expected to arrange for their own food waste to be collected before then.
Filed under: Blackburn | climate change | Darwen | environment | Food | food waste | Recycling
Published on Thursday 20 June 2024 at 8:56 am
Clean Air Day is today – Thursday 20 June – and is the UK’s largest air pollution campaign.
Filed under: Abdul Razaq | air pollution | Clean Air Day 2024 | environment | mental health | physical health | public health | schools
Published on Thursday 30 May 2024 at 5:54 pm
Blackburn with Darwen borough council’s environmental crime team have secured 22 waste prosecutions recently, totalling £14,584.
Filed under: environment | environmental crime | Fine | fly tipping | Issue | litter | Prosecuted | prosecution | waste
Published on Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 9:35 am
Blackburn with Darwen borough council Trading Standards team have been busy putting put premises to the test when it comes to vapes, by undertaking two separate operations to tackle the sale of underage and illegal vapes.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | health | public health | trading standards | vapes | Vaping
Published on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 11:01 am
A new portal has been launched to help gather suggestions for how £20m of new funding could be spent on projects in Darwen.
Published on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 9:19 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is set to use new Levelling Up funding to help repair and renovate two popular Blackburn multi use games areas.
Published on Thursday 21 March 2024 at 1:02 pm
Corporation Park is set to benefit from £750,000 of new funding successfully secured by Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Published on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 12:39 pm
All owners of cars who are seen littering in Blackburn with Darwen will now receive a Penalty Notice (PN), following a successful pilot which saw 47 PN’s issued.
Filed under: litter | penalty | penalty notice
Published on Wednesday 20 March 2024 at 10:53 am
Over 40,000 illegal vapes with a street value of £420,000 have been seized by the Council’s trading standards officers, supported by police.
Filed under: Blackburn | illegal | trading standards | vapes | Whitebirk
Published on Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 2:47 pm
In Blackburn with Darwen food waste continues to account for over 40% of the contents of the burgundy bin, with half of it still being edible or in date.
Filed under: Food | food waste | waste | waste collection
Published on Tuesday 19 March 2024 at 10:35 am
A new digital speed sign has been installed by Blackburn with Darwen Council in the village of Guide – the latest effort to help reduce speed in the area.
Published on Monday 11 March 2024 at 4:34 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Bolton and Chorley councils, along with Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, Lancashire Police and Greater Manchester Police, have joined together using legal powers to protect the environment and prevent wildfire devastation on moorland.
Filed under: Councillor Jim Smith2 | environment | PSPO
Published on Thursday 7 March 2024 at 9:46 am
Two playgrounds in Darwen are set to be transformed by Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Just a week after officially unveiling the impressive new playgrounds at Witton Park, the council has revealed new plans for Bold Venture Park and Whitehall Park too.
Published on Tuesday 5 March 2024 at 2:31 pm
A man has been given a nine month custodial sentence for blocking the entrance to Queen’s Park.
Published on Friday 1 March 2024 at 12:48 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council has successfully secured £20m of new Levelling Up funding from Government – taking the grand total to more than £125m.
Published on Wednesday 28 February 2024 at 4:27 pm
The ribbon has been officially cut on two playgrounds at Blackburn’s popular Witton Park following a £350,000 transformation.
Published on Wednesday 7 February 2024 at 2:25 pm
Work is due to take place in Pleasington this month causing the electricity supply in the area to be disconnected on Saturday, 17th February.
Published on Monday 22 January 2024 at 11:09 am
More pupils in Blackburn with Darwen will be able to enjoy the benefits of walking to school, thanks to a new partnership between Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking.
Published on Monday 22 January 2024 at 10:47 am
A ground-breaking campaign around raising awareness of wood burners and air pollution is taking place this month.
Filed under: burning | Clean Air Night | councillors | Damian Talbot | environment | fuel | health | Jim Smith | wood burners
Published on Friday 8 December 2023 at 4:05 pm
This week work starts in Corporation Park to prevent further damage to the conservatory over winter.
Filed under: conservatory | Corporation Park | Councillor | Jim Smith
Published on Thursday 5 October 2023 at 5:47 pm
A Bastwell and Daisyfield councillor has welcomed a newly-installed CCTV camera at a notorious littering hot-spot and warned offenders that they could face a fine of up to £150.
Filed under: anti-social behaviour | ASB | Ash | Bastwell | businesses | camera | cameras | cars | cctv | community | Councillor | enforcement< envirocrime | environment | environmental crime | fines | litter | prosecution | Shaukat Hussain | Street | Takeaway | vehicles | ward
Published on Thursday 5 October 2023 at 5:23 pm
Nearly one week after the law change banning certain single-use plastic items in England was introduced by the Government, Blackburn with Darwen Council officers are reminding businesses that they could face a fine if they fail to implement the new changes.
Filed under: ban | Fine | gas | greenhouse | incineration | landfill | law | plastic | plastics | pollution | recycle | recycling. environment | sea-life | single-use | Tony | Watson | wildlife
Published on Wednesday 20 September 2023 at 10:52 am
Residents in Blackburn with Darwen are being invited to have their say on proposed new charging points for electric vehicles.
Published on Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 2:12 pm
Motorists and local residents are being advised that a series of resurfacing works will begin in the next fortnight across three locations in Blackburn and on the A666 in Darwen town centre.
Filed under: A666 | Audley | Audley Range | Highways | roadworks | Town Centre
Published on Wednesday 23 August 2023 at 4:52 pm
In this new blog, Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Climate Change Projects Officer, Chloe Green, updates on the People’s Jury and their role in the recent National Festival of Making.
Published on Friday 21 July 2023 at 5:39 pm
Following the fire that broke out at Pleasington Crematorium last month, repair and restoration works have been ongoing.
Published on Friday 21 July 2023 at 4:47 pm
Work is to start next week (w/c Monday 24 July 2023) on a new car park at Blakewater Lodge, Whalley Range in Blackburn, designed to provide safer parking for those on the school-run, shoppers and visitors to the area.
Filed under: access | Blackburn | Blackburn Town Centre | Blakewater Lodge | business | car park | cars | child safety | construction | Councillor | Highways | Mahmood | parking | project | Roads | schools | St John CE Primary School | Swallow Drive
Published on Thursday 20 July 2023 at 11:44 am
The brand new Go Ape Treetop Adventure in Witton Park is now open!
Our Leader, Deputy Leader, Chief Executive and Deputy Mayor were amongst those invited to the official opening on Saturday (July 15th).
Published on Monday 17 July 2023 at 10:23 pm
Significant improvements to a children’s play area and cycle trail have been unveiled in Queen’s Park in Audley, featuring a range of measures to improve safety and usability.
Filed under: bikes | Cycle | cycling | Parks | Play | playground | Queen's | Queens Park | recreation | safe | safety
Published on Friday 9 June 2023 at 2:36 pm
Go Ape is set to open its brand new high ropes experience in Blackburn’s flagship park this summer.
