An ambitious recovery plan has been approved by Northumberland County Council’s Cabinet today (23 June 2020), which sets out how the Council and the county as a whole can recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.The plan was agreed at a special meeting of the Council’s Cabinet to discuss it’s response to the virus, and what the […]
Newbiggin by the Sea Town Council recently gave a grant of £300 to Unfolding Theatre as sponsorship of the Newbiggin Familty Story Trail. Newbiggin Family Story Trail launches this Saturday 27 June. The story trail was co-created by families attending AFC Central Children’s centre groups and Bishops Primary school along with Unfolding Theatre. 127 children […]
Newbiggin by the Sea Town Council are moving forward with the development of the Newbiggin Neighbourhood Plan, an important step for us as we define the future direction for our town. The Neighbourhood Plan is being led by the Town Council, as the qualifying body, and the Plan Steering Group which consists of representatives from […]
The Town Council planting scheme is currently in progress. The Town Council have a service level agreement with Northumberland County Council to plant and maintain many of the floral displays throughout the main routes in the town providing welcome seasonal colour. The small team are currently very hard at work planting the displays on Front […]
Uniformed youth groups across Northumberland are to benefit from thousands of pounds in funding to support their work in the community.A £25,000 fund was launched last week by Northumberland County Council and successful applicants could receive up to £1,000.The aim of the fund is to support uniformed groups in providing services to young people and […]
Newbiggin by the Sea Town Council have commissioned Northumberland County Council to paint some of the street lighting columns in the town. The lights that are to be painted include: the hertigate lights on Front Street, the heritage lights at the Church Point car park, and 6 x lighting columns on the promenade that have […]
Following the introduction of the Northumberland County Council (Dog Control) Public Spaces Protection Order order of 2020, throughout Northumberland dogs are not allowed in: All enclosed children’s play areas at any time of the year, The section of beach at Newbiggin by the Sea from the breakwater at Church Point to the beach access from the […]
Northumberland County Council’s Education and Skills team has launched online learning resources to support children while they are not attending school. After identifying a demand from parents, the online service was developed to provide useful information and links to local and national resources in one place, while face to face lessons cannot take place. Cllr […]
Northumberland County Council have announced today that it will reopen their Household Waste Recovery Centres (HWRC) from Monday 4 May following an agreement with SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, the company that operates the sites. The tips will initially offer a restricted service in line with Government guidance on reopening HWRCs. In common with most […]
The current crisis prevents local authorities meeting together in person as normal however new regulations now provide for business to be decided by Councils through a virtual internet location. This is all very new and Councillors will need time to adapt but an agenda has been published for a trial meeting on Wednesday 22 April […]
Our town centre office is located at 76 Front Street. The office will be open to the public between 9:00 am and 12:00 noon Monday to Friday.
