Category: Bedford Borough Council
Enviro-Hub opens in Kempston
The Litter Innovation Fund looks for new ways of reducing and preventing litter and littering ...
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Bedford Borough’s Local Plan Adoption to “strengthen planning committee’s hand”
Councils are required to produce a Local Plan to show where and how development will take place...
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 in Bedford
2020 marks 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Holocaust Memorial Day is the...
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Bedford Borough Council shortlisted for National Environmental Charity Award
Bedford Borough Council Community Engagement has been shortlisted in Keep Britain Tidy’s annual awards. The awards celebrates councils who are making significant improvements to the environment on people’s doorstep.
The Council’s Community Volunteers gave over 11,500 hours of their time to support local parks and open spaces last year.
Tasks have included helping at events, working in Borough parks alongside the Council’s Country Park Officers and enhancing the beautiful local nature. They have also made a difference in their own communities by litter picking and reporting issues
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Bedford Borough Council launches Rail Investment Strategy
Bedford Borough Council has launched a Rail Investment Strategy, setting out priorities for railway services for the Borough.
The Council’s vision is for Bedford Borough to be a great place to live, work and visit. To do this, the Borough needs to attract international business and highly skilled and sustainable jobs.
The Council says that rail services are a key part of supporting economic growth and prosperity and to improve life choices for people living here as the population grows.
The priorities of the Rail Investment Strategy focus around new and better connectivity and new and better stations.
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Get active in Bedford Borough this year
Booking is now open for Bedford Borough’s Active Adults courses. Opening the door for everyone to try a new sport or get back into a sport they used to love.
Sports on offer include badminton, tennis, golf, indoor bowls, yoga, pilates, and football. Martial arts, clubbercise and dance are also available.
The courses all start week commencing 27 January, and will last eight weeks.
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Over £4,400 stolen in parking machines thefts in 2019
Over £4,400 has been stolen from parking machines in Bedford Borough in 2019, across over 50 criminal attacks.
There have been incidents across different areas of the Borough, including Castle, off Ampthill Road and De Parys Avenue. These incidents are often occurring the early hours and see both vandalism and theft take place.
The Council is working with the machine supplier to increase the security of these machines.
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Bedford Borough’s Local Plan is ‘sound’
Mayor Dave Hodgson has expressed his delight that the Bedford Borough Local Plan 2030 can now be adopted following the Inspectors report.
In their final report to the Council just before Christmas the Inspectors concluded that with some modifications the Local Plan satisfies the requirements of Section 20(5) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and meets the criteria for soundness in the National Planning Policy Framework.
The Inspectors Report will be discussed at the Council’s Executive at their meeting on 8th January and they will recommend to Full Council that the Local Plan, incorporating the modifications from the Inspectors be adopted as policy.
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Bedford Borough Council’s Graduate Development Programme
The National Graduate Development Programme (NGDP) has opened its recruitment drive for a new cohort and Bedford Borough Council is looking to hire graduates who live or study in the Borough.
The NGDP enables bright and driven graduates to complete a fully funded postgraduate qualification in leadership and management, whilst undertaking a number of placements across Council departments in important strategic and operational projects.
The successful candidates will be employed on a two year fixed term contract with a starting salary of £25,295.
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Bedfordshire New Year’s Honours List 2020
HM The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for 2020 has been announced. The List includes ten Bedfordshire recipients.
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Bedford Borough Council – Recycle your Christmas Tree
If you cannot plant your real Christmas tree in the garden, don’t forget to recycle it.
23 tonnes of real Christmas trees were collected from collection points across Bedford Borough last year.
Real Christmas trees can be dropped off at Christmas tree recycling sites between Saturday 4 January and Saturday 12 January, where they will be taken away for composting.
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Bedford Borough Council tackling Blue Badge fraud
Bedford Borough Council carried out a Blue Badge Enforcement Day in Bedford town centre on Tuesday 17 December.
During this day, officers carried out checks and verifications of the Blue Badges being used in Bedford and identifying any cases where they were being misused.
Over 70 Blue Badges were checked, with three fines issued for misuse and currently under investigation. Nine further Blue Badges were being used in a suspicious manner, and enquiries are ongoing.
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