Council News

The Mayor of North East Lincolnshire joined delighted members of the Rock Foundation community for one of the most inspiring awards evenings he says he has ever attended. Presenting the main awards at the event, in Grimsby Town Hall, Cllr Steve Beasant was overwhelmed by the spirit and enthusiasm of the award winners, the nominees…

North East Lincolnshire Council is appealing for witnesses after wooden pallets, car parts and other rubbish were illegally dumped in Grimsby last weekend. Staff from the Council’s street cleansing team cleared up car seats, a tyre, clothing, bags of household waste and about 10 wooden pallets from outside Grimsby Community Recycling Centre in Gilbey Road….

Arts and heritage organisation and charity Our Big Picture is incredibly proud to announce it has successfully acquired an iconic Grade II listed buildings dating from 1781 at 17 to 21 Bethlehem Street, Grimsby as a permanent home.   Formally known as Canters Estate Agents and The Gentry hairdressers the acquisition process has taken nearly…

North East Lincolnshire Council’s street cleansing team are mobilising for the busiest weekend of the year in Cleethorpes. Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the resort for the first Armed Forces Day weekend since 2019. If you are visiting the resort and a bin is full, please find another or take your rubbish…

North East Lincolnshire Council has secured Government funding to help residents improve the warmth and efficiency of their homes. With energy bills at an all-time high, the council is providing a scheme offering a range of fully-funded home improvements to improve energy efficiency for eligible homeowners.  Most eligible properties will receive upgrades up to the…

The local policing team for Yarborough ward will be using Littlecoates Community Centre as their hub. Following conversations between ward councillors and the policing team, North East Lincolnshire Council is pleased to announce the news. Yarborough ward councillor, Cllr Martyn Sandford, has worked to make this happen. “I have been working hard with Yarborough policing…

A project to transform an ‘eyesore’ Grimsby property into a modern family home has won North East Lincolnshire Council and its regeneration partner EQUANS two national housing awards. The joint EQUANS and Council Empty Homes Team were winners of the Best ‘Before-and-After’ Photos and the Innovation categories at the national Empty Homes Network awards. The latter…

Roadside verges are bursting with colour and buzzing with wildlife as wildflowers come into bloom along some of North East Lincolnshire’s main roads. North East Lincolnshire Council is transforming some of its roadsides into wildflower meadows as part of long-term nature project to create rich habitat for plants and wildlife. In 2016, staff from the…

PLANS to bid for Levelling UP Fund monies to kickstart an ambitious transformation of Cleethorpes, and re-invent Grimsby Town Centre have been approved by North East Lincolnshire Council’s Cabinet. Supporting the three bids to Central Government, which are being worked up for submission in early July,  Council leader Cllr Philip Jackson, who has Portfolio Holder…

A PLAN for Freshney Place Shopping Centre to be bought by North East Lincolnshire Council has moved a step closer, following approval at the Council’s Cabinet meeting yesterday [22 June 2022]. The Grimsby centre went into receivership earlier this year, and the deadline for bids for its sale closed on Tuesday [21 June 2022]. The…