Borough of Burnley

For the market town, see Burnley.

Coordinates: 53°47′13″N 2°14′42″W / 53.787°N 2.245°W

Borough of Burnley
Borough

Burnley Town Hall

Coat of Arms of the Borough Council

Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region North West England
Ceremonial county Lancashire
Admin. HQ Burnley
Government
  Type Burnley Borough Council
  Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
  Executive: Liberal Democrats
  MPs: Gordon Birtwistle
Area
  Total 42.7 sq mi (110.7 km2)
Area rank 209th
Population (2011 est.)
  Total 87,000
  Rank Ranked 269th
  Density 2,000/sq mi (790/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
  Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode BB10-12
Area code(s) 01282
ONS code 30UD (ONS)
E07000117 (GSS)
Ethnicity 90.1% White
8.2% S.Asian
0.9% Mixed Race[1]
Website burnley.gov.uk

The Borough of Burnley (/ˈbɜrnli/) is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a non-metropolitan district and borough. It has an area of 42.7 square miles (110.7 km2) and a population of 87,000 (2011 est.), and is named for its largest town, Burnley. The borough is bounded by Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Pendle, Rossendale – all in Lancashire – and the borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. It is governed by Burnley Borough Council, which has been controlled by the Liberal Democrats since 2008.

History

The current borders date from 1 April 1974, when the former county borough of Burnley merged with the urban district of Padiham and part of Burnley Rural District. In 2007 its proposal to merge with neighbouring Pendle Borough Council to form a larger unitary authority was rejected by the government.[2]

Governance

Composition of Burnley Borough Council (as of May 2012)
Party Group Leader Seats Change
Labour Julie Cooper 26
Liberal Democrat Charlie Briggs 14
Conservative Peter Doyle 5
Total Seats 45

Burnley Borough Council has been governed since 2008 by the Liberal Democrats after a predominantly Labour controlled history. The borough comprises 15 wards electing a total of 45 councillors.

Wards: Bank Hall, Briercliffe, Brunshaw, Coal Clough with Deerplay, Daneshouse with Stoneyholme, Gannow, Lanehead, Queensgate, Rosegrove with Lowerhouse, Rosehill with Burnley Wood, Trinity, and Whittlefield with Ightenhill, Cliviger with Worsthorne, Gawthorpe, and Hapton with Park.

The borough contains the civil parishies of Ightenhill, Habergham Eaves, Dunnockshaw and Clowbridge, Hapton, Cliviger, Briercliffe, and Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood.

Padiham Town Council was established in 2002.

Recent years have seen a number of BNP councillors elected in the borough.

Geography

Places in the borough of Burnley include:

Name Civil parish Classification Co-ordinates
Burnley N/A Town 53°47′20″N 2°14′53″W / 53.789°N 2.248°W
Padiham Padiham Town 53°47′49″N 2°18′40″W / 53.797°N 2.311°W
Hapton Hapton Village 53°46′48″N 2°18′54″W / 53.780°N 2.315°W
Worsthorne Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood Village 53°47′17″N 2°11′28″W / 53.788°N 2.191°W
Brownside Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood Village 53°47′20″N 2°12′00″W / 53.789°N 2.200°W
Walk Mill Cliviger Village 53°46′05″N 2°12′36″W / 53.768°N 2.210°W
Lane Bottom Briercliffe Village 53°48′58″N 2°11′13″W / 53.816°N 2.187°W
Mereclough Cliviger Hamlet 53°46′16″N 2°11′35″W / 53.771°N 2.193°W
Southward Bottom Cliviger Hamlet 53°45′43″N 2°11′53″W / 53.762°N 2.198°W
Overtown Cliviger Hamlet 53°45′58″N 2°11′46″W / 53.766°N 2.196°W
Holme Chapel Cliviger Village 53°45′11″N 2°11′28″W / 53.753°N 2.191°W
Hurstwood Worsthorne-with-Hurstwood Village 53°46′44″N 2°10′55″W / 53.779°N 2.182°W
Cockden Briercliffe Hamlet 53°48′36″N 2°11′31″W / 53.810°N 2.192°W
Clowbridge Dunnockshaw and Clowbridge Hamlet 53°45′00″N 2°16′01″W / 53.750°N 2.267°W
Dunnockshaw Dunnockshaw and Clowbridge Hamlet 53°44′46″N 2°16′48″W / 53.746°N 2.280°W
Extwistle Briercliffe Hamlet 53°48′00″N 2°10′48″W / 53.800°N 2.180°W
Brownside
Clowbridge
Cockden
Dunnockshaw
Extwistle
Holme Chapel
Hurstwood
Lane Bottom
Mereclough
Overtown
Southward Bottom
Walk Mill
Places in the Borough of Burnley

Demography

The Borough of Burnley compared
UK Census 2011[3]BurnleyNW EnglandEngland
Total population87,0597,052,17753,012,456
Foreign born7.7%8.2%13.8%
White87.4%90.2%85.4%
Asian10.7%5.5%7.1%
Black0.2%1.4%3.5%
Christian63.6%67.3%59.4%
Muslim9.9%5.1%5.0%
Hindu0.2%0.5%1.5%
No religion19.7%19.8%24.7%
Under 18 years old22.2%21.2%21.4%
Over 65 years old16.2%16.6%16.3%
Unemployed5.3%4.7%4.4%
Perm. sick / disabled7.0%5.6%4.0%

The borough's population has fallen from a high of 130,339 in 1911 to an estimated 87,700 in 2005.[4] Between 1991 and 2001, it fell by 2.6%. Its employment rate of 59.0% places it 261st out of 376 local authorities in England & Wales; just 12.6% of its workforce are graduates, placing it 325th out of 376 local authorities.[5]

A 2010 report commissioned by the BBC and compiled by Experian ranked the borough as having the second lowest property prices in England, this combined with GCSE results and crime rates, led to the borough being ranked the as the worst place in England.[6]

Public services

Education

See also: List of Schools in Burnley and Burnley § Education

Education Services in the borough are provided and controlled by Lancashire County Council.

Health

Health services in the borough are provided by East Lancashire Primary Care Trust and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, with additional services provided by the North West Ambulance Service and North West Air Ambulance.

The Hospital Trust operates Burnley General Hospital, while the PCT operates the network of GP surgeries, and recently opened 2 Primary Health Care Centres in the borough (St. Peters Centre in 2006 and Briercliffe in 2007).[7]

Policing

Policing Services in the borough are provided by the Pennine division of Lancashire Constabulary based at Burnley Police station, and controlled by Lancashire County Council. Plans are in place to merge the pennine division into the neighbouring eastern division, based in Blackburn.[8] Policing Services of the borough's Railways are provided by North West division of the British Transport Police - the nearest Transport Police office being in Preston.[9]

Fire and rescue

Fire and rescue services in the borough are provided by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and controlled by Lancashire County Council.

Waste and recycling

Refuse and recycling collection, and street cleansing is the responsibly of the borough council and these services are currently contracted to Veolia Environmental Services at a cost of approximately £3m / year.[10] The borough Council has signed up to Lancashire's Municipal Waste Management Strategy, which specifies that the borough must recycle or compost 56% of all waste by 2015 and 61% by 2020.

There are currently 2 household waste recycling centres run by Lancashire County Council in the borough. One located on Grosvenor Street in Burnley and the second on Park Road in Padiham. Lancashire County Councils long term plans to replace the Burnley site with facility at Heasandford Industrial Estate on the north eastern edge of the town, where approved in 2010 despite local objections regarding the site’s suitability. 3 months later they then announced the closure of the Padiham site as part of cost-cutting measures, increasing the unsuitability of the new Burnley site’s location.[11]

Neighbouring districts

See also

References