The parish council has taken the difficult decision not to have hanging baskets or Christmas lights on the street-lamp columns this year.
This is because Wakefield Council (who own the street-lamp columns) have this year decided to pass on the cost of the lamp column testing to parish councils. The cost of this to the parish council would have been approximately £2,000 (and that’s aside from the cost of the hanging baskets and Christmas lights).
Therefore, alternative arrangements will be made, such as planters and hopefully a Christmas tree.