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Consumer Alerts – December 2025

Beware bogus roofers in Preston  Lancashire Police are warning householders to be on the alert for cold callers claiming there is a problem with your roof.  In one incident the offender approached a householder in Preston claiming work need...

Lancashire County Council Winter Gritting Service

What is the winter service? Lancashire County Council has a legal duty to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that people can use the highways safely without being endangered by ice and snow. This means we do everything we can to keep traffic m...

Free - Brand new Environmental Education Facility

We are excited to share some great news.   Eco Town, our brand new environmental education facility, has now opened at the Environmental Education Centre, Farington Waste Recovery Park, Leyland. Eco Town is a free, hands on learning experie...

Councillor Vacancy

WHEELTON PARISH COUNCIL NOTICE OF VACANCY IN OFFICE OF PARISH COUNCILLOR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the provisions of Section 87(2) of the Local Government Act, 1972 that a vacancy exists in the office of Parish Councillor fo...

Annual Inspection of Accounts

Planters needed!

Planters needed! Chorley Borough Council have once again made bags of daffodil bulbs available to the Parish Councils for planting around the Parish. A lot of the nodding yellow heads you see in Spring have been planted over the years by Parish Co...

Chorley Council Allotment Survey

Chorley Council are conducting a resident survey to hear views about the provision of allotments in Chorley.  The Council are looking into the demand for allotments in Chorley and what barriers, if any, there are to people accessing them. The...

Carols Around the Tree

Heapey and Wheelton Parish Council Advise residents that due to the Health and Safety Issues Carols around the Tree  At The War Memorial/Clock Tower, Wheelton Will not be taking place for the next two years. The Parish Council wa...