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The Department of Transport has recently announced a further extension of the deadline for a decision regarding the dualling of the A1 between Morpeth and Ellingham. This means that the deadline...

  The Parish Council has, over the last 20 years, been prompting National Highways (formerly Highways England and the Highways Agency, the body responsible for trunk roads, including the A1)...

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the meeting of the Parish Council which was due to take place on Wednesday August 23rd has been cancelled. The next meeting will be on Wednesday September 27th at...

Each year the County Council asks every parish and town council to propose three priorities for possible inclusion in the annual Northumberland Transport Plan. We decided to re-assert the three...

The Highways Department has recently shared the results of speed monitoring which has been carried out in Swarland and Newton on the Moor. There were two monitoring points in Swarland – one on...

Residents can now photograph, locate and report a whole range of problems from potholes and faulty street lights to abandoned vehicles, litter and flytipping. If you set up an account you can be...

The County Council has become among the first local authorities in the country to offer vape tube recycling bins at its Household Waste Recovery Centres.  The devices contain lithium batteries...

Notes of meeting with Forestry England on June 3rd 2023 are now available. At the meeting, Alex MacLennan outlined FE's plans to clear and thin parts of Swarland Wood as a result of damage from Storm...

Forestry England’s Plans for Swarland Wood The Parish Council recently hosted a well-attended community meeting with Alex MacLennan, Recreation and Public Affairs Manager for Forestry England....

The Parish Council has arranged a community meeting about work due to take place in Swarland Wood later this year. The meeting will be an opportunity to hear first hand from Forestry England about...