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The council is the successor to the county council of the administrative county of Lancashire, which was created on 1 April 1889. The council was abolished and reconstituted in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and a non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created, governed by a county council and thirteen district councils.
However at the signing ceremony the leader of Lancashire county council stated that Lancashire was not a good fit for a mayor due to its rural nature. [6] Proposals for a non-mayoral combined county authority for Lancashire were approved by the new Labour Government on 19 September 2024.
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.
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Pendle is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England.The council is based in Nelson, the borough's largest town.The borough also includes the towns of Barnoldswick, Brierfield, Colne and Earby along with the surrounding villages and rural areas.
Rossendale Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council. Whitworth is also a civil parish, which forms a third tier of local government in that part of the borough. [17] [18]
Lancaster is the county town, [4] although Lancashire County Council has been based at County Hall in Preston since its formation in 1889. The city's long history is marked by Lancaster Roman Fort , Lancaster Castle , Lancaster Priory Church , Lancaster Cathedral and the Ashton Memorial .
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is the local authority of Blackburn with Darwen in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. Since 1998 it has been a unitary authority , being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council ; it is independent from Lancashire County Council .