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Newcastle Borough Council

A digital system is behind significant improvements in how the council manages its comprehensive tree stock. New software is now being used by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to plot and effectively manage more than 115,000 trees it is responsible for, at 307 different sites, covering approximately 650 hectares of land. The software is supporting a draft […]

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is throwing its weight behind the Environment Agency’s legal fight against the operators of Walleys Quarry – as odour complaint figures soar. Site operators Walleys Quarry Ltd is mounting a legal challenge to the EA’s order to close the landfill after years of foul gas odours plaguing nearby communities. Now Cabinet is […]

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has vowed to fight government plans to scrap historic local authority areas, which have consistently shown that they are best placed to deliver local services to their community. The new Government’s proposed local government reorganisation suggests that Borough Councils like Newcastle-under-Lyme would be abolished in favour of much larger unitary authorities, which […]

The Government is being asked to grant permission for Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to take legal action against the operators of Walleys Quarry. Earlier this month Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council notified Walleys Quarry Ltd, a subsidiary of Red Industries Ltd, that the site operator had failed to properly control emissions from the landfill in Silverdale and was […]

Funding has been made available to improve people’s health in Newcastle.  The Borough Council has successfully bid to Staffordshire County Council for £410,000 remaining from Covid Outbreak Management Funding. The money will be used by the Borough Council to tackle situations where there are ‘health inequalities’ in Newcastle under Lyme.  Examples include helping people whose […]

Chief Executive Tracy Bullock today announced she was retiring from her position at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM).   Tracy, who has worked at UHNM for more than five years and in the NHS for over 40 years has been open about her health challenges since being diagnosed with a long-term health condition […]

Work to make Newcastle town centre feel safer day and night is paying dividends, according to a new report. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s joint work with Staffordshire Police has resulted in improvements in instances of anti-social behaviour, robbery and general violence. The results follow a series of initiatives including creating Public Space Protection Orders, police officers […]

Residents in Newcastle under Lyme can see for themselves how money is being spent and services delivered thanks to an annual progress report.  The  Borough Council is presenting the report, detailing its performance set against its four-year development plan to 2026. Its priorities are building the local economy; supporting healthy, safe and active communities; creating […]

Centuries of unique history have been captured in a new book. Newcastle-under-Lyme has had a market since a royal charter was first granted in 1173. Now academic and prominent local historian Paul Anderton is publishing his history of the market there, focusing on the years since 1835, at a special event at the Brampton museum. […]

Puns aplenty dominated the official launch of four new street sweepers in Newcastle Under Lyme. The Borough Council invited children from Bursley Academy and Chesterton Primary School to name the latest vehicles to take to the streets. Powered by Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), the new street sweepers’ emissions are 90 per cent lower than diesel-powered […]