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OPPOSITION councillors hit out at spending on ‘vanity’ projects such as Blackburn’s new cinema during a debate on a proposed rise in households’ council tax by at least £52.70 a year. The finance council at Blackburn with Darwen Council met on Monday night to discuss the plan which could see a 3.99 per cent tax rise imposed by the authority – 1.99 per cent for general services then two per cent ringfenced for adult social care. The council tax plan for the total 3.99 per cent rise was given the green light. The total council tax bill for Band A terraced homes which make up the majority of the borough’s housing stock will rise by £52.70 a year, or £1.01 a week, to £1,287.62 for the 12 months from April 1.
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By Gemma Bradley AN online petition calling for a breakaway from Blackburn with Darwen Council for Darwen has passed the halfway point of its goal of 5,000 signatures.
Darwen Town independence, on change.org, has been signed by 2,550 people but Dexit as it has become affectionately known in recent years has been on people’s minds for a lot longer. Almost as soon as Blackburn and Darwen merged in 1974, Darwen residents claimed that they were being ‘left behind’ and their wishes ignored. This most recent petition is at least the fourth in the past 20 years, often appearing after a new controversial decision by the borough council, such as recent planning applications for new houses to be built in Darwen in Pole Lane and Ellison Fold Way.
CONTROVERSIAL proposals to build four new family homes in a village farmyard have been approved despite concerns about overdevelopment. Blackburn with Darwen Council Planning Committee granted permission for the scheme in Chapeltown on the West Pennine Moors on Thursday night. The land already had approval for two large homes and the latest application by Mark McBriar had been withdrawn from last month s meeting for further work with council officials. The go-ahead was given despite 17 objections from nearby residents, North Turton Parish Council, and local councillor Colin Rigby. The West Pennine ward Tory said: There are too many properties for the size of the land. This is overdevelopment.”