Yorkshire Water are to start a £2.1 million flood prevention scheme in land off St Peg Close this month. St Peg Close and Brooke Street have a history of flooding that occurs when the Spen Beck overflows as a result of very heavy rainfall. Much work has been done in the past to prevent flooding. […]

Cllrs John Lawson, Andrew Pinnock and Kath Pinnock completed their 6 mile section of the Kirklees Way in glorious sunshine. Together Kirklees Liberal Democrats walked the full 72 miles of the Kirklees Way last weekend in aid of the Mayor’s Charity. It was a great team effort which we have all enjoyed – especially as […]

Kirklees Liberal Democrats are walking the 72 miles of the Kirklees Way this weekend in support of the Mayor’s Charity: the Forget Me Not Trust for children with life-limiting illnesses. The Mayor gave us a send off from Hanging Heaton this morning. I have a feeling there will not be quite so many cheery smiles […]

I have had a meeting with the local Police and CE Electric, the company responsible for the sub-stations, about the theft of copper cable which is cutting the power to hundreds of households and businesses each time. CE Electric’s advice is: report any incident immediately to the police and to their 24 hour emergency line […]

On Friday afternoon, a group of travellers broke the padlock and chain of the gate at the entrance to council land off Hightown Road. The area of grassed land is a well used amenity for local people. There appear to be well over 20 caravans on the site. Unfortunately, the site is now strewn with […]

Come and help us clear back the vegetation on Cleckheaton Viaduct on Saturday 21st May, 9.30 – 12.30.  Meet on Station Rd: the wide path which leads on to the viaduct, at the back of Foundry Terrace, BD19 3JZ, off Bradford Rd, Cleckheaton.  The work on the viaduct will be followed by a bring your own […]

Our focus on getting our lovely Memorial Park fully restored is taking a step further. Funding has been agreed by the Spen Valley Committee to get the paths through the Park restored. The work will done later this year. At the suggestion of the Royal British Legion, work will be done to improve the flower […]

The Spen Valley Committee agreed on Tuesday that Cleckheaton’s unique viaduct was well worth restoring. Following the initiative from Cleckheaton ward councillors, Kirklees Council officers have met funders from the Heritage Lottery Fund. They have encouraged an application for funding. This will come in at least 2 phases. The first phase is research about the viaduct, […]

As we found out last year, prolonged snow and ice does our roads no good at all. So no surprise this year to discover potholes in many of our local roads. I reported 34 potholes on Hightown Road all of which were filled the following day, aprt from those that were too dangerous to do […]

I have been told today that there have been no delays in bin collections this week in the Cleckheaton area. This means that on FRIDAY 10th  AND SATURDAY 11th crews will be out catching up on missed collections from last week. Waste Services have said that the catch-up team  will collect missed bins tomorrow or Saturday. Please help by […]