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THE firs t rate-fixing meeting in Ribble Valley Council’s new Church Street chamber has also turned out to be the last. Next year sees the pres
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ent rating system abo lished, to be replaced by the controversial commu nity charge which will cost ratepayers £140,000 to implement. The Council has been
End of an era with last rate-fixing
ties are available. Garage rents were also increased by 6%. Previous investment in
new housing development in that area.
forced to take money from its balances, in order to keep the Borough’s annual rate rise within that of inflation. The Borough Council’s
energy conservation schemes introduced into the communal facility shel tered accommodation, meant that the council were able to hold heating charges at existing levels for the second year running. Turning to the general
rently carrying out a fact finding exercise with par ish councils to determine standards required for the future. The P lan n in g and
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rate for the coming year has been set at 32.5p in the £ — an increase of 2p, or 6.5%. The figure was recom
mended and approved at a special meeting of the
Clear views emerge for ramblers
CLITHEROE Ramblers set out from Feizor near Settle on Saturday, walk ing north through Wharfe into Crummackdalc. Fine drizzle and low
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PARENTS keen to sample the bangers and mash of their school days again eagerly snapped up the offer of school lunches at an auction run by Waddington and West Brad
good prices were made at Saturday’s auction, which raised £1,400 to buy books for the school library. It clearly captured the imagi nation of local people. Head teacher Mr Peter Cunliffe said: “There were
headmaster Mr Peter C u n l if fe , a re to be arranged on any day when the menu appeals — and th e r e will ev en be ‘seconds’ for those who feel inclined! Bidding was keen and
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18th, members are asked to meet at 9-45a.m. at the Waterloo Car Park for a 12-mile walk along Rom- bald’s Way, led by John Lennox.
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Fine of £100 for motor cyclist
A CLITHEROE youth who admitted driving a motor cycle without due care and attention was fined £100 when he appeared before the town’s magistrates. Liam Thomas Evans
(18), of Tower Hill, pleaded guilty by letter to the offence. The court heard that at
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unusual lots were a mule gimmer lamb born this spring, to be delivered to the buyer this autumn for breeding, and five lots of farmyard manure. The lat ter was bought by Mr Cunliffe’s mother-in-law, Mrs Janet Barnett, who is a keen gardener. Our photograph shows
viduals donated enough for 112 lots and the range on offer showed the commu nity’s commitment. Among th e more
the lots were sold. It was a very popular event which created a lot of interest and I would pub- l ic ly l ik e to th a n k everyone for making it so successful.” Shops, firms and indi
Postal work
MORE than 80 members attended a meeting of C lith e ro e Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild on Monday, when the speaker was Mrs Barbara Taylor, of Clitheroe, the former ch ie f p o s tm a s te r of Southport. She spoke about the
work of the Post Office, her career and visits as a post office representa^ tive to Canada, Africa! Hong Kong and China. Mrs Taylor also referred
council on Friday night, following Lancashire County Council’s budget session the previous day when the new rate of 245.25p in the £, a rise of 4.8%, was fixed. This means that, once
rate fund, Coun. Mrs. Maw, commented on the current year’s situation. The council had previously anticipated transferring £55,000 from the reserve fund, and £27,000 from the rate fund balances. In fact, they will not need to reduce balances at all, as income from r a te s , government grants and investment interest will be sufficient to meet our expenditure. The biggest single fac
parish precepts have been added, Ribble Valley domestic ratepayers — with 18.5p domestic rate relief — can expect bills of between 259.25p. and 2G3.55p in the £. The business rate will
to her connections with amateur operatic and drama productions and spoke briefly of her work as a producer. She was thanked by Mrs E. Allen.
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auctioneer Mr Ian Lloyd, of Mortimer Gorse and Ross in Clitheroe, examin ing some of the lots with Mr Cunliffe, teachers Mrs Pat March (left) and Mrs Barbara Milne-Redhead, and pupils.
A PLAN for a satellite dish on the roof of a garage adjoining the Pen- dle Witch Hotel, Whalley Road, S ab d en , has received the seal of approval from the Ribble Valley Council’s Devel opment Sub-committee.
about 6 p.m. one evening, a driver on Fell Road in Waddington was indicat ing to turn right into the Higher Buck car park. There was no traffic
approaching, so she began to make the turn but, as
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she did so, a motor cycle ridden by the defendant approached at speed and a collision occurred.
MORE than 1,000 pictures and objects from the past and present were on show at a two- day exhibition in Rimington Village Inst
A fascinating record of village life
team of villagers at pres ent engaged in compiling
itute. It was organised by a
information for a unique map of the Rimington and Midclop areas and more than £100 was raised for the project. Mr Brian Stott, project
co-ordinator, said the exhibition had been highly successful, attracting many past and present vil lagers and bringing in extra information for the village map. “We need about £500 to
ing, council leader Coun. Mrs Sheila Maw (Whalley) told colleagues that the council had seen many changes since the last year’s budget meeting. “The biggest change
tor in achieving this posi tion was the rise in interest rates. Income from investing the coun cil’s balances will be £118,000 higher than anticipated. During the year, the
vary between 277.75p and 282.05p in £. At the local rate meet
Transportation Committee has a programme to pro vide car parking in many Ribble Valley villages and towns, to complement the expansion of tourism. Over £100,000 is planned next year to be spent on the provision of these car parks. Further land for indus
trial development at Salth- ill has been earmarked now that all the existing sites have been occupied. “We must not forget the
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council house tenants — too dear!” He said that council house tenants could look
forward to rents going up and the implementation of the community charge. He then tabled an
amendment to abolish the cost of bus passes for the elderly, scheduled to be reduced from £3 to £2. “I appeal to the better
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side of your nature,” he told the meeting. “Let’s say to the pensioners that we will reduce the cost of their pass from £3 to £0.” The amendment was
rejected, and the budget was adopted.
Recreation and Leisure Committee gave a commit ment to the Ribble Valley Sport and Recreation Association, to provide a capital financial contribu tion of £250,000, which has now been transferred into a special Roefield Leisure Centre fund. Summing up the present
has, of course, been the preparation for the imple mentation of the require ments for compulsory com petitive tendering,” Coun. Mrs Maw said. “ The p rep a ra t io n s
exciting potential for Clitheroe now that the Auction Mart has been relocated to its new prem ises and the central area site has been cleared,” Coun. Mrs Maw said. “It is essential that the new development is responsive to the town’s needs, and I know that the Planning and Transportation Com mittee are pursuing their responsibilities through an extensive consultation exercise.” Coun. Mrs Maw compli
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year, Coun. Mrs Maw said: “We have responded to legislative changes and we have maintained our services to our ratepayers. A highly satisfactory posi tion I would suggest.” 1 She then referred to the
included a complete res tructuring of all the coun cil’s departments. The effect of the changes which were introduced for staff, and indeed members, have been far-reaching, and it is a reflection on all con cerned that the change has been achieved with little disruption to the services we p ro v id e fo r our ratepayers.” Coun. Mrs Maw men
mented all the committees and the chief officers for the exciting and responsi ble programme before the council. She then moved on to the question of fin ancing these plans. “The additional cost to
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coming financial year: “This is indeed an historic moment. This will be the last rate that we, as a council, will fix. As mem bers are aware, the new community charge will come into operation from th e 1st A pril 1990, together with the new national non-domestic rate.” The new non-domestic
tioned other important issues which have arisen over the last year. These included the introduction of the housing bill, with its proposals to alter the council’s housing functions and reforming housing finances. Also, proposals to change the way in which the council’s capital finances are dealt with, and the preparation for the introduction of the new community and non domestic rating systems. As regards housing,
the Ribble Valley of pre paring for the community charge will be £200,000, which will be offset by a £64,000 government grant. In addition to this, the council is faced with a reduction in real terms of its block grant next year, by a p p r o x im a t e ly £150,000, or a 3p rate. Representations to central government have been made about this reduction, but no amendments have been'allowed.
rate, which will apply to business, commercial and certain other non-residen- tial properties, will be fixed by central govern ment, and not by the council. Looking at proposals for
the coming year, she said that the committees had drawn up th e ir pro grammes with a view to the future. The Public Works and
has estimated that it will require £2,966,000 for the coming year. This will be made up of £1,853,000 from the ratepayers , £879,000 from the govern ment block grant, and £204,000 from the council’s balances.” Labour members were
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publish the map and the exhibition has now taken us to the halfway mark,” he explained. The map will be the first
Coun. Mrs Maw said: “We are determined to main tain the high standard of our housing stock. We recognise that it is essen tial to continue with the ongoing maintenance and planned improvements to our properties. “That is why we have
Health Committee is con tinuing its policy to pro vide public convenience facilities throughout the area. Next year sees new toilets at Ribchester to fol low the new ones recently opened in Clitheroe. Plans are included to relocate the council’s depot from Kirkmoor Road, Clith eroe, which will then allow
spent £1,162,000 on main taining and improving our 1,700 dwellings this year.” She said that, for next
of the area to feature a wide range of information, including historical notes, pictures of listed build ings, facts and pictures of wildlife and other points of interest. The team of compilers
many items which will be used in the drawings and pictures for the map. Highlights included the family tree of Francis Duckworth, the 19th cen tury hymn-tune writer who spent his childhood in Rimington, and the long- established Spencers, local joiners. Early photo graphs of the Stopper Lane and Copley shops also aroused a great deal of interest. It is intended to place
includes Mrs Edna Jack- son, Mrs Kathleen Scott, Mr John Knapp and Mr Roger Dyson. Landscape drawings will be contri buted by Mr David King and special photographs will be taken by Mr Tre vor Marklew. The exhibition included
the final version of the map outside the village institute and copies will be made.
RIBBLE Valley Council’s campaigning representa tive on the Association of District Councils is high lighting the need for more rural housing. Coun. Eric Bracewell
More rural housing needed
told colleagues on the Policy and Resources Committee he was travel ling to London this week to attend a meeting of the ADC’s Rural Needs Panel. “We must have more
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eroe) gazed up to the new borough plaque with its two deer, and said: “That seems to be what this bud get is for our elderly and
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year, a housing strategy had been prepared which reflects the changing role from that of provider of social housing to that of enabler of social housing. The strategy still reflects substantial investment in maintaining and improving ex is tin g stock, with 161,831,000 planned to be spent on existing dwell ings. This is equivalent to over £1,000 per dwelling. Developments and
investments in the private rental sector will continue to be encouraged.
effective management of the council housing stocks will continue, and the council will again under take its statutory respon sibilities concerning home less families, following the purchase last year of the J o i n e r ’ s A rm s in Clitheroe. The first phase of the
Coun. Mrs Maw said the
is scheduled for completion, in October. Other schemes ' due for completion include those at Whalley (four flats), Chatburn (six flats) and Billington (eight dwellings). ■
redevelopment scheme at Carlton Place, Clitheroe, where the council is build ing 12 flats and 13 houses,
ning to extend the 24-hour alarm system to a further 181 elderly persons’ flats and bungalows at a cost of £100,000.
The council is also plan
agreed to maintain the spending programme, and decided to use some of its c ap ita l and revenue resources to enable it to do this.
The housing committee
money to fund housing in rural areas,” Coun. Bra-, cewell told councillors on Monday night. He added he would be
urging the ADC to bring the matter to the attention of the Government.
q u e s t io n of a r e n t increase, the committee decided to limit the increase to £1.50 per week, or 6.5%. This was within the guideline set by the Secretary of State of £2.11 per week (9%). Service charges for shel
1 whether communal facili- '1/
tered accommodation were increased by either lOp or 20p (6%), depending on
When faced with the,
VARIOUS parish council precepts, ranging from nothing in some, of the smaller parishes to 4.3p at Whalley and Little Mitton, must be added to the new rate figures. The amount of money required by the parishes is
in brackets. Nil — Dinckley, Downham, Horton, Mearley,
and Middop (£200). 0.7p — Clayton-le-Dale (£800). 0.8p — Gishum (£500), Ramsgreave (£500). Ip — Bowland Forest High (£500). l.lp — Hoth-
Newsholme, Paythorne, Twiston, Worston. 0.3p — Balderstone (£350). 0.4p — Rimington
ersall (£200), Newton (£450), Simonstone (£2,800). 1.2p — Bashall Eaves and Great Mitton (£672), Thornley-with-Wheatley (£400). 1.3p — Osbaldeston (£330). 1.4p — Bolton-by-Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Sawley (£900), Bowland Forest Low (£650), Bow- land-with-Leagvam (£450), Pendleton (£300), Sales- bury (£500), Wiswell (£750). 1.5p — Dutton (£200), Ribchester (£1,578). 1.6p —
shire (£5,000). 2.4p — Waddington (£2,000). 2.6p — Chipping (£2,500). 2.7p — Grindleton (£1,700). 3.3p — Clitheroe (£50,000), West Bradford
(£2,500). 3.8p — Billington (£16,000), Chatburn (£3,900). 4p — Sabden (£3,311). 4.3p — Whalley and Little Mitton (£13,000).
A,REQUEST for an improvement in Ribble Valley Council’s block grant entitlement has received the thumbs down from Secretary of State Mr Nicholas Ridley. Members of the Policy Coun. John Cowgill
Ridley gives thumbs down
and Resources Committee (Clitheroe) claimed there were told it was clear the was nothing going to rural council’s request for an areas such as the Ribble improvement in the settle- Valley. But he felt that ment for 1989/90 had not “eventually money going rec eived favourable into the urban and city consideration.
Fortunately 1989/90 will come our way.” areas is going to have to
be the last year of the Ribble Valley Council present grant system WTOte to the Department which has seen Ribble bf the Environment in Valley Council s percent- November expressing con- age grant reduced from cern at the settlement and 42% of expenditure to 29% asking for tbe calculation
m five years. DChief Executive and tion to the authority.
vices Mr Michael Jackson The authority has suf- said the Secretary of fered a reduction in its State’s reply was a "fairly block grant of £75,000 for direct way of saying hard 1989/90. Councillors’ luck.”
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only hope that when the the Secretary of State new system comes in we which referred to a reduc- might be heeded.”
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