Consumer Alerts August 2025
15th of August, 2025Scam gardening services offered Beware cold callers offering garden services knocking on doors in the West Lancashire area. In one incident the elderly householder agreed to the traders, described as two males in their 20's, both with dark hair, tidy...
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Request for Residents to Register for the Catforth Traffic Calming Consultation
30th of July, 2025The Catforth Traffic Calming Working Group has now held four meetings – two with officers from Lancashire County Council, and further meetings last Wednesday and this Monday. The group wants to gather ideas and feedback from ...
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Emergency Alerts Test 2025
30th of July, 2025The UK government is testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm. Your mobile phone or tablet will vibrate and make a loud siren-like sound, even if it’s set on silent. The alert message will confirm this is a test and...
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Courier Fraud Alert
28th of July, 2025We want to make you aware of a serious and growing threat: courier fraud, which has cost victims across the UK more than £21 million in the past year alone. The City of London Police, in partnership with the Metropolitan Police, recently launch...
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Consumer Alerts – July 2025
11th of July, 2025Scam tree services offered Reports have been received regarding cold callers offering tree and shrub cutting services in the Hyndburn area. In one instance the traders claimed the overhanging branches were dangerous, wanted cash and claimed mor...
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Fake QR Code Stickers
29th of June, 2025We want to alert you to a rising scam known as “quishing” (QR phishing), where criminals tamper with parking QR codes to trick people into entering payment and personal information on fake websites. What’s happening: Fraudsters are...
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Consumer Alerts - June 2025
14th of June, 2025Beware scam jet washing services The Service has received reports of cold callers knocking on doors Over Wyre and in the Goosnargh area, offering to clean gutters, clean the moss off roofs and jet wash driveways. In one incident the househ...
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Consultation Commenced on the future of the Parish Council
30th of October, 2024CHANGES TO WOODPLUMPTON PARISH COUNCIL Woodplumpton Parish Council was originally formed to represent the residents of what was at the time a rural Parish. 8 Councillors are elected by the residents of the 2 areas (known as wards) within the...
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Road Junctions in Woodplumpton are Independently Assessed
9th of April, 2024Red Rose Training have carried out an assessment of the Junctions between Woodplumpton Road/Newsham Hall Lane and Woodplumpton Road/Ambrose Hall Lane. These assessments show that for a large articulted vehicle to negotiate these junctions it is...
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Referendum Result Announced
12th of January, 2024The residents of Woodplumpton Parish went to the Polls on 11 January, to decide whether to adopt the Neighbourhood Plan for Woodplumpton. A yes vote would mean that Preston City Council would need to use the neighbourhood plan in deciding wheth...
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Referendum - Neighbourhood Plan
30th of November, 2023With the help of a planning consultant, the Parish Council has produced a Neighbourhood Plan which will ensure that areas of the Parish are not neglected and the needs / improvements for the whole Parish are assessed and provided for. The Nei...
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