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Topics: Environment, Energy

  • Record number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued for environmental offences

    A record number of Fixed Penalty Notices have been issued as part of the ongoing efforts to tackle environmental crime and keep Bury clean and safe.
    A total of 16 Fixed Penalty Notices have recently been issued for offences including fly-tipping, littering and breaches of commercial waste regulations, with more than half already having been paid.
    The notices included:
    Six Fixed Pena

    flytipping on Monmouth Avenue
  • Consultation to explore how parking and traffic management can support thriving town centres

    Residents, businesses and visitors will be invited to give their views about how thriving town centres can be supported through parking and enforcement of existing traffic powers.
    The council’s Cabinet meeting on 4 November has approved consultation about a new parking strategy following an independent review of parking across the borough, and how it can best use its existing Moving Traffic Enf

    Car park
  • Improvements coming to Ramsbottom Market Place

    Work begins next week at Market Place in Ramsbottom, bringing new planting and a series of changes to help brighten up this well-known town centre space.
    The work forms part of the wider Ramsbottom Greening Project, being delivered by Bury Council and local partners, to create greener and more attractive spaces at a number of locations around the town.
    The first phase includes work to the e

    Ramsbottom Market Place
  • More than five tonnes of waste cleared as partners and residents unite

    People came together to make immediate changes and reaffirm their commitment to long-term improvements in a major day of action at Baguley Crescent.
    Council colleagues, fire and rescue teams, police and residents collected more than five tonnes of waste, and had it removed from the Prestwich neighbourhood.
    Residents, Bury Council, GMP, GMFRS, ward councillors and community partners joined

    Picture of group of people with litter pickers
  • Setting out the shape and ambitions of Bury

    Bury Council has reached another key milestone in preparing a new Local Plan that will help shape the future of all our six towns and communities, guiding how communities grow, develop and thrive over the coming decades.
    The Government requires all local councils to produce long-term plans for their areas and the Local Plan will sit alongside the adopted Places for Everyone Joint Plan as a key

    Text which ays Public Biry Local Plan (regulation 19) and pictures of buildings
  • Bury Council officer recognised in national environmental Power List

    Sally Shaw, Environmental Protection Officer at Bury Council and Co-Chair of the National Contaminated Land Officers Group (NCLOG), has been recognised in the prestigious ENDS Report Power List 2026 for her outstanding contribution to the contaminated land profession.

  • New Cycle Storage Facility Unveiled at Bury FC

    A new cycle storage facility has been installed at Bury FC as part of a collaborative initiative between Bury Football Club, Bury Council’s Public Health Team and Transport for Greater Manchester to encourage sustainable and active travel.

    New cycle storage at Bury FC
  • Community invited to battle invasive plants in Bury

    The Big Bury Balsam Bash is back for its second year, inviting local residents, families, and nature lovers to come together for a hands-on conservation effort throughout May half-term.

  • Tree works at Victoria Park, Whitefield

    Bury Council has announced that essential tree works will take place at Victoria Park, Whitefield from Wednesday (22 April) and are expected to last approximately three days.

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