Across Calderdale
Local decisions, community news and useful updates.
The application for a 34-turbine wind farm on Walshaw Moor has been pushed back eight months, from November to July 2027. Calderdale Energy Park says it needs more time for surveys, assessments and design
Read updatePeople running businesses in Halifax town centre have until Friday 20 November to enquire about joining the Halifax Development Board. The council is seeking new members from the private sector to join representatives of local
Read updateHistoric textile machinery has been brought back to Halifax to help Calderdale Industrial Museum tell more of the area’s manufacturing story. Bradford Council announced on 9 November that machines from Bradford Industrial Museum’s
Read updateTogether Housing tenants are being urged to report urgent repairs promptly as the landlord prepares for its busiest season. In guidance published on 10 November, the housing provider says snow, ice, flooding and strong winds
Read updateCalderdale Council is seeking organisations to help develop support for people bereaved or affected by suicide and other sudden accidental deaths. A notice published on 11 November invites expressions of interest from experienced organisations interested
Read updateTodmorden CofE Junior, Infant and Nursery School has received three “strong standard” judgements in a new Ofsted report. Inspectors rated attendance and behaviour, early years, and personal development and wellbeing at that level. Achievement, curriculum
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A Calderdale Inside Out investigation has uncovered Stage at the Lake’s recorded expenditure was more than three times its ticket income. The huge
Calderdale Council want to keep a damning audit report behind closed doors. We've seen it, and believe the public has a right
Calderdale Council admits “Stage At The Lake” required a “significant Council subsidy” after ticket sales fell short of its original business case. The acknowledgement
In a wide-ranging interview with Calderdale Inside Out, council leader Dan Sutherland discusses the future of the Shay Stadium, the controversy surrounding Mixenden
Latest town centre footfall data shows Halifax business district footfall is down following £64m improvement plan. This year family-run Harvey’s of Halifax
Calderdale has turned car parking into a near-£3-million-a-year surplus, the highest per head of population in Yorkshire.
In the 2026 local election campaign Josh Fenton-Glynn shared a 2019 survey as evidence of Labour’s success in running Calderdale Council - a
Plus: Could legal action lead to a social media clean up; and why did going green make your editor see red Dear Reader I
A court order could help identify the people behind anonymous defamatory posts in Calderdale. But the remedy comes with legal safeguards, and pursuing it
