Lowton East Labour Councillors

13/06/2026

🚨TODAY: 10am-2pm, Consultation Event at Pennington Flash

From 10-2 today, representatives from the RSPCA will be at The Hide Coffee House at Pennington Flash to provide information on their proposals to build and open a new rehabilitation centre off Byrom Lane.

More information is at https://www.rspca.org.uk/whatwedo/latest/mossley-hall-consultation

Please do come down if you would like more information.

11/06/2026

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROPOSAL - CHURCH LANE

We have been notified that the council is consulting on plans to install a new pedestrian crossing on Church Lane near the junction with Alderley Avenue.

This crossing would help those crossing Church Lane to access St Luke's Primary School and other pedestrians in the area.

The consultation is live from 18th June and comments should be made by 16th July.

Any representations or objections to the proposal must be made in writing to the Assistant Director - Legal, Governance and Elections, Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN quoting reference RD/LS/LG/16831408 not later than 16th July 2026

10/06/2026

Another busy week representing our lovely community.

It was great to attend this month’s LENDF Lowton East Neighbourhood Development Forum meeting on Monday, and really interesting to hear from the RSPCA about their proposals to develop a regional centre off Byrom Lane.

We also held our surgery at Compassion in Action on Saturday morning and picked up casework which is being taken forward.

It is our next surgery tomorrow evening from 6.30-8pm at Lowton Community Centre on Church Lane, next to the Co-op, please do come along if you have anything to raise.

05/06/2026

It’s our first surgery of the month tomorrow. Join us at Compassion in Action on Oaklands Road from 10.30am-12.00pm.

03/06/2026

Bin Day tomorrow! Brown bins this week 🗑️

30/05/2026

A lovely way to spend the morning with LHSRG clearing up Mount Tabor.

The site has village green status and is a lovely green space in the heart of Lanehead, on the site of the old workhouse.

Great work as ever by a committed group of volunteers.

🚜 Community Spirit in Action! ☀️ What a fantastic effort today! A powerhouse team of residents, alongside a very welcome tractor and driver, met up today to tackle Mount Tabor & Jubilee Woods for our big spring/ summer tidy-up. Everything is now looking fantastic, and we couldn't have done it without you. We also want to give a massive thank you to other lovely locals who have lent their support by doing some mowing over the last few days. Here are a couple of photos of the team hard at work. Thank you all for keeping our community looking its best! 🥂✨
Lowton East Labour Councillors LENDF Lowton East Neighbourhood Development Forum Lowton and Golborne News

30/05/2026

This is such a great project and it is brilliant to see it grow and help more people.

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28/05/2026

MISSED GREEN BINS

We have been contacted by the refuse collection team to say that the green bins have unfortunately not been emptied today on the following streets:

Fordland Close
Whinchat Close
Wood Sorrel Way
Chester Avenue
Lichfield Avenue
Rostherne Avenue
Stonechat Close
Garton Drive
Merchants Crescent
Brambling Way
Bourne Avenue
Chelford Avenue
Ridgewell Avenue
Broadley Avenue
Longton Avenue

Please leave the bins out and they will be emptied asap.

28/05/2026

27/05/2026

Today was the first meeting of the full council since the election. Jenny and Mike were proud to take their places for another year.

Big congratulations to Councillor Nazia Rehman who was formally elected as the new Leader of the Council. After 50 years it is fantastic to finally have a female leader of the council!

Also congratulations to Councillor Anne Collins who took her place as the Ceremonial Mayor for the first time.

Jenny was also delighted to be confirmed as the new Chair of the Children & Young People’s scrutiny committee.

There was a chance to pay tribute to the service of the councillors who were sadly not re-elected, and Jenny was honoured to speak in support of Garry and to celebrate his contribution to the council during his term of office.

It’s going to be a rollercoaster of a year in the chamber, but we are ready for it, and will continue to represent Lowton positively in everything that we do 🌹