Due to the strong winds from Storm Otto we won’t be out planting in Wansbeck Riverside Park today

On the same night that many were sharing candlelit dinners, exchanging cards and gifts, and celebrating ‘love’, Ashington Town Council was showing their love for the town, with a heartfelt commitment to life saving equipment.

Back in July, the Council agreed that installing more defibrillators in the town was a project close to its heart. This sentiment was echoed by the town’s County Councillors who did not miss a beat in agreeing to fund the purchase of two each; a total of twelve additional defibrillators for the town.

Seven out of ten people who suffer a cardiac arrest could survive if they received defibrillation and CPR within five minutes. To tackle this ticking clock Cllrs Caroline Ball, Brian Gallacher, Lynne Grimshaw, Jim Lang, Ken Parry and Mark Purvis worked with the Town Council to identify sites that would serve the community well in terms of coverage of this life-saving equipment.

Wansbeck Community Links Team are to hold a Wansbeck Community Engagement Day on Tuesday 21st March 2023.  

The response of Ashington Town Council to the outline planning application for 186 units on land west of Wansbeck Road, put forward by Banks Group, is a very clear no. The message to Northumberland County Council Planning is that they must uphold their own recently adopted Northumberland Local Plan, which this proposed development is outside of.

Over 130 members of the public attended the Extra-Ordinary Full Council meeting on 7th February, to hear this single agenda item, with several speakers voicing sound material reasons for their objections.

Welcome to the January 2023 edition of the Northumberland Line newsletter.

Many of you already know Sharon Parmley, and look to her for advice and guidance on Council events and the wider community.

The Council is delighted to confirm Sharon’s new role as Communication and Engagement Officer, which she will take up in earnest when we have recruited further administrative support, but she is still about now, so please get in touch and watch the short video.

For the second year running Ashington Town Council has set the precept at a level that will result in no increase to their residents, recognising the very real struggle that people are faced with financially. Going back further the Council has never increased the Precept more than 2% and prides itself on being financially prudent.

Join the Northern Estuary Rangers at Wansbeck Riverside Park for some tree and wildfllower planting this February.

The closing date to apply for up to £500 is Friday 27th January 2023.

Northumberland County Council’s Environmental Enforcement Team, have been out and about in the Hirst and Central areas of Ashington, working alongside