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March 2021

Make Council tax payments work for you

Local residents can now make their Council tax payments work better for them, with easy to change payment dates, instalment arrangements and more. Council tax pays for essential frontline services, including street lighting, waste collection, highway maintenance and services for vulnerable children and families. But payments like this can leave you short if they leave…

3 years ago | Council information and partnerships

Heritage networking event

Are you interested in our heritage, buildings, pastimes and more? Come along to our virtual networking event to spark a wider conversation about the heritage in our region with likeminded people. We’re delighted to be working with Heritage Lincolnshire to establish a brand-new heritage network for our area, with support from the National Lottery Heritage…

3 years ago | General

New weekly food waste pilot starts in April

North East Lincolnshire Council is launching a new weekly food waste collection on one of its bin rounds next month. As part of their drive to help people recycle more and waste less, the Council’s waste team will start collecting food waste from 4,680 properties every week from the end of April. The homes are…

3 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
Someone scraping potato peelings into a food waste bin

Litterbugs and irresponsible dog owners fined for messing up the borough

North East Lincolnshire Council issued more than 1,700 fines in 2020 for litter, cycling and dog control offences. A total of 1,245 fixed penalty notices were given for littering, 145 for dog fouling and dog control offences, and 311 for cycling in the pedestrian area in Victoria Street, Grimsby. Fixed penalty notices are an alternative…

3 years ago | General

New Garth Lane footbridge to make its way to Grimsby

The 30m-long and 5m-wide new footbridge that will span the River Freshney at Grimsby’s Garth Lane is being transported into town next week. A police escort through North and North East Lincolnshire is required to accompany the 37m-long transporter on which the main frame of the bridge will sit. Its masts and decorative pieces will…

3 years ago | General
Garth Lane footbridge

Publicity of Planning & Related Applications – 18 March 2021

NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL The applications set out in the Schedule below are required to be given wider publicity and public comment is invited. The reason for publicising each application is indicated after the application number as follows:- (01) Major Development; (02) Development affecting a Listed Building; (03) Development affecting the setting of a Listed…

3 years ago | Planning and development

Carriageway patching preparation works to start later this month

In preparation for the annual carriageway treatment programme, a number of preparation works will be carried out across the borough from Monday 29 March. The first part of the works, taking place on a rolling programme over a four-week period, will take place at the following locations: Scartho College Avenue College Gardens Pelham Avenue Southern…

3 years ago | General

Safety improvements completed at Marklew Avenue junction, Grimsby

Following formal approval to make the necessary Traffic Regulation Orders, lining and sign installation works at the Marklew Avenue and Cromwell Road junction are complete. The changes include a right turn manoeuvre ban and no waiting restrictions at the junction of Marklew Avenue and Cromwell Road, and no waiting restrictions at the Marklew Avenue and…

3 years ago | General

New solar power litter bins to help clean up the borough

North East Lincolnshire Council is installing nine new solar powered litter bins in parks and other popular destinations across the borough. Solar bins are designed to compress rubbish so they do not need to be emptied as often as standard bins. They can hold up to ten times more rubbish than a normal, non-compacting bin….

3 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling