Greening Ramsbottom gateway improvements
Bury Council, working alongside Proffitts – Investing in Communities CIC, have launched a public consultation to gather community feedback about proposals to upgrade two key gateway sites in Ramsbottom.
Bury Council, working alongside Proffitts – Investing in Communities CIC, have launched a public consultation to gather community feedback about proposals to upgrade two key gateway sites in Ramsbottom.
Outline plans for around 6,000 new homes and new schools, alongside major transport improvements including new roads, a Metrolink stop, enhanced public transport and new walking and cycle routes, have been approved for consultation by Bury Council Cabinet members.
Councillors met to consider draft Development Frameworks for Elton Reservoir, Walshaw and Simister/Bowlee. These plans, which s
A decision on appointing Midlands Events Bury Ltd (MEB) as the operator of the new food, drink and events hall under construction at Bury Market, will be taken by councillors at Bury Council’s Cabinet meeting on 11 February. If approved, MEB will manage the venue ahead of its completion in summer 2026 and planned opening during the autumn.
Casewells will include 12 food and retail units, a cent
Prestwich Library is preparing to temporarily relocate from the Longfield Centre to the Phoenix Centre at St Mary’s Park as the next phase of the ambitious Prestwich Village regeneration programme moves forward.
Council leaders are set to approve plans which would bring 250 jobs and a major economic boost to Bury town centre.
Bury Council and traders at Bury’s world-famous market have marked a major milestone with the completion of striking new oversailing canopies above the outdoor market.
Councillors have approved a proposed new working age Council Tax Support (CTS) Scheme for consultation with Bury’s residents.
The new proposals are designed to ensure that the working age CTS scheme is fairer to working families on a low income, is easier to understand for the 7500 people who receive it and is more efficient and sustainable.
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Children from St John’s CE Primary School joined the Leader of Bury Council and Cabinet Member for the Environment and Climate Change to officially open the newly refurbished Riverside Gardens pocket park and play area in the heart of Radcliffe town centre.
Radcliffe has won a further £20 million to support jobs and communities over the next decade – and local people will help decide what it is spent on.
Bury Council’s £30m highway investment strategy is progressively making roads in the Bury borough better, smoother and safer. Since the start of the extra investment in 2017, more than 50 miles (over 80 kilometres) of roads have been improved.
The ambitious £100 million+ regeneration of Prestwich Village Centre is gathering momentum, with the first major milestone - the construction of a £14 million multi-storey travel hub - now well underway as the project enters its 16th week.
Support for local small businesses is another step nearer following the council’s decision to procure an operator for the new Radcliffe Enterprise Centre.
The £40 million Radcliffe Hub project currently on site in Radcliffe town centre is moving on at pace.
A £2.8 million six-month conversion project is about to begin at the current Radcliffe Library building in Stand Lane, to turn the ground floor into Radcliffe’s new enterprise centre.
Funded by UK Government (£1.9m) and Bury Council (£900k), the enterprise centre will provide much needed flexible working space, along with meeting rooms and business support services. It will also help small bu
Work to transform Prestwich Village’s centre into a new beating heart for the community is to take a major step forward.
Work has started to transform a disused brownfield site in Radcliffe into 90 new family homes.
Business leaders from across the region attended the second Bury Expo to see how the borough is being transformed for generations to come.
Work to bring major improvements to Bury Market will mean night-time closures of a stretch of Angouleme Way.
Bury Council has named build-to-rent developer-operator Placefirst as the preferred partner to convert a 30,000 sq ft office site known as Humphrey House into 74 new homes in the town centre.
Work has started on a new ‘pocket park’ which will bring more green space to the heart of Radcliffe.