cm n e r o e z z 5 Z 4 { u a u o n a t j , z z s z s (A d v e r t is in g )• E u m l e y 422SS1 (Cla s s ified ) Letters


Erosion of our civil


I |;HAVE been following with interest the reports in your newspaper con­ cerning the introduction of closed circuit cameras to


Clitheroe town centre. It appears that with every


mention of the cameras, whether by your own reporters or: in letters from the public, there is nothing but praise for such technology.


to put forward an alternative opinion on the matter.


I would like the opportunity


example of the erosion of our civil liberties. Is it morally right that every move we make is monitored by unknown


Words of warning on road hazard


I FEEL it is my duty to express my concern at the way in which motorists are using the roundabout at the Barrow link road junction. - On numerous occasions,


assumption, even an accep­ tance, that we are ALL capa­ ble of committing crimes and are about to do so unless our every moves are-monitored. Secondly, those shouting the


people? There appears to be an


Firstly, I believe CCTV is an Er o t e c t i o n of p r i v a t e


loudest for the cameras nave vested business interests in the system, i.e. those with busi­ nesses which have suffered burglary, vandalism and so on. Consequently, taxpayers’ money is being spent on the


help these businesses in terms of reduced insurance costs. Thirdly, the reasons behind


usinesses. The cameras will greatly


the introduction of the system — that the alternative would be the introduction of security shutters to town centre prem­ ises (upsetting the aesthetics of the town centre) and that the recent fracas in the town centre would not have occurred if cameras had been in opera- t io n — n e e d f u r t h e r investigation.


should be aware that there is the risk of believing in the


Regarding aesthetics, people


myth of the rural idyll. Are rural areas havens of


Would the introduction of


sanctuary, away from those awful urbanites with their dif­ ferent ways?


Clitheroe Advertiser <


& Times, May 4th, 1995 13


AFTER 21 YEARS THERE'S STILL NO SERIOUS ALTERNATIVE.


security sh u tters and the effects on the appearance of the town reduce its. appeal to tour­ ists (i.e. tourists spending their money in the businesses which were calling for the introduc­ tion of the cameras in the first place)?


end fracas? A one-off incident? Is this justification, or is it scaremongering?


could be seen as the answer to recent town centre problems.


The introduction of CCTV


Or is it merely a sticking i society


What about the recent week­


loped over the last 15 years or so?


between unemployment and property crimes.


Research has revealed a link


the breakdown of the notion of duty and responsibility to others as part of “citizenship”.


However, more important is


opportunity to renege on their duty and responsibility toward


CCTV offers people the


others in the community, in that if the cameras are watch’ ing out they don’t have to!


RICHARD LAWRENCE, 17 The Meadows, Billington.


Our aim is to stop destruction of mature open spaces


WE read with interest the views of Mr Hit­


man published in your newspaper last week. The Calderstones Redevelopment Awareness


Group was formed to inform the people of Whal- ley about certain proposals in the Calderstones Development Brief, which, in our view, should never


I h av e b e en n e a r ly involved in accidents and have witnessed other motorists’near accidents. ‘Being a “local”, I have


tals and employment sites. In addition, emphasis on re-use and refurbishment


have been included. After the period of public consul­ tation, the Development Brief comes before the local Planning and Development Committee for formal approvm and, once approved, becomes the basis for guiding development. It is therefore a very important


document indeed. The identification of Whalley/Calderstones as a


become aware o f the p o te n t ia l hazard and therefore drive accord­ ingly. M o to r is ts not familiar with the area, h ow ev e r , will d r iv e according to the road markings, as one would expect.


My problem? Motorists approaching the round­


about along the A59 from Gisburn direction are treating the roundabout as if they nave priority, often forming two lanes in the process, therefore leaving no room for people who a re a l r e a d y on th e roundabout. If the traffic from Gis­


strategic location for development is a separate issue which will be discussed at local, county and possibly


national levels during the coming months. ti We. like Mr Hitman, are opposed to this designa­


the villages around us. Our view is that the concept of strategic development anywhere between Langho and Clitheroe is inappropriate and should be aban­ doned, at least for the period of the new structure plan, and that structure plan policy should concen­ trate on containing redevelopment or re-growth to the genuine developed areas of the redundant hospi­


on, but we are also opposed to visiting "growth on


should be strengthened to prevent the easy demoli­ tion of the existing buildings and the destruction of the mature open spaces. If schools and cowsheds can be converted into dwellings and offices, these build­ ings can. It is a waste to pull down perfectly service­ able buildings. If sustainable development means anything, it


means the conserving of resources. I t is no use Ribble Valley Planning and Development Commit­ tee endorsing a declaration on sustainable devel­ opment unless they are determined to do some­ thing really practical about it. We believe that our proposals have the over­


Will they want to


feed ducks? AS a student of hospi­ tality and tourism, I was amused to read in last week’s "Adver­ tiser and Times”, of the potential increase in tourism, in the Ribble Valley, from next year’s European Championship finals, being held in Liver­ pool and Manchester.


whelming support of the parish council and the peo­ ple of Wnalley and we ask that these views be made known to the panel at the examination in public on May 24th.


DAVE DUPEROUZEL,


Secretary, Calderstones Redevelopment Awareness Group, Kingsmill Avenue, Whalley.


Blighting lives of taxpayers


MR HITMAN’S comments fiublished in last week’s


burn direction was to filter with traffic already on the roundabout, which some motorists already do, then fine — b r i l l ia n t — it reduces a back-up of traf­ fic. The problem is arising when motorists from Gis- bum direction accelerate so th a t traffic on the ro u n d ab o u t is being pushed out. This situation is an accident just waiting to happen.


copy of this letter to the Ribble Valley Road Safety Department of the Lanca­ shire County Council, in the hope that its expertise will rectify the problem. Perhaps extra road signs stressing that traffic from the right must be given priority are needed. In the meantime, if you


Solution? I have - sent a . .


interesting and important, might deflect attention from the immediate issue of why 30 acres of open countryside have been released to volume house


e t te r s column, while


builders in breach of dis­ trict planning guidelines. This is proposed by a


Draft Development Brief which will be discussed at a public meeting on May 9th at 7-30 p.m. in Whal­ ley CE Primary School. This proposal is even


more puzzling when one realises that the County Draft Housing Allocation for the next 10 years has already nearly been met. If we add up all the cur­


Planning gain is at the cost of social needs


I WOULD like to comment on some of the points made by Mr


Hitman in his recent letter. He states that the Lancashire Struc­


ture Plan wants to see 500 additional houses over and above what is already planned in, or near, Whalley. I cannot find this in the Structure


are one of these hazardous drivers, please take note of what is written in this letter.After all, when using a roundabout, you give pri­ ority to traffic approaching from the right — basic driving skills I would have thought. Or are people being confused by the dif­ ferent priority system in use at the next roundabout on the A59 — Accrington turn-off?


J.C., Clltheroe.


Who looks after our health?


IN ."a telephone conversa-' tion with a Ribble Valley resident,'a local doctor is


claimed to have said that GPs had no specialist


knowledge of industrial medicine and would be totally unable to comment’


on the environmental or health implicationsof toxic substances. Also, ■ that the


role of GPs was being the patient’s advocate in liais­


ing with the specialist ser­


vices available — for example that of Dr Ste­ phen Morton, East Lanca­


Plan and I assume he is referring to Planning Negotiator’s Report to Lan­ cashire County Planning Department, which was commissioned to explore the planning gain implications of the three major development sites in Lancashire, one of which has been identified at Calderstones. Their remit was to assess the viabil­


ley Council would respect the guide­ lines of their Local Plan when it came to granting planning permissions at Barrow Printworks (an employment site), Langho Colony and Brockhall Hospital. Our local council has allowed huge


housin] ° l .


cfl. The original objective ture Plan was to locate and contain development between Langho and Clitheroe at the large redundant hospi­


,


tal at Calderstones. It now seems that the case for Cal­


ity of two options — a low-level devel­ opment of 500 houses and a high-level development of 1,000 houses. Planning gain is at the cost of social


It was also assumed that Ribble Val­


ing to see if an attempt is made to amend the new Deposit Local Plan to


Jeposi nake it fit the brief.


rent planning permissions and hkely windfall alloca­ tions, it would be interest­


kins, who is ultimately responsible for advising the borough councillors, needs to explain why a handful of officers should be permitted to defy the wishes and blight the lives of thousands of local taxpayers?


If this is done, Mr Hop­


D. WYNNE, Queen Mary Terrace, Whalley.


tourism chiefs hon­ estly believe th a t overseas football fans will take time out from watching the football and socialis­ ing to visit Clitheroe Castle and feed the ducks at Downham?


Do L a n c a sh i re MISS JENNIFER S.


ROBERTS, D e p a r tm e n t o f H o s p i t a l i ty an d Tourism, U n i v e r s i t y o f Central Lancashire, Preston.


• Strangely enough, Miss Roberts, yes, they do. Perh ap s some of those who tra v e l over from Europe will not just want to sit “socialis- i n g ” — a s y o u euphemistically put i t — in b etw een games. Even football fans like to sightsee — editor.


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needs, such as roads, schools, libraries, affordable housing and so on, that a community expects and which a deve­ loper would have to provide if he wanted planning permission to develop


a site.This rep o r t concluded that 500 houses is not viable because a £4m. new road is the minimum gain that would be necessary and this would not be worthwhile for a developer. The conclusion is that, if the site is to


derstones is very much weakened, par­ ticularly in view of the large infrastruc­ ture costs, but it would be a very big mistake indeed to think tha t the interests of the people of the Ribble Valley are best served by allowing our local council to make the decisions. Ribble Valley Council is proposing


the building of 430 houses at Calder­ stones. According to Lancashire County Council, this is not viable if the social costs are taken into account. RVC has decided to ignore these


costs and any problems that arise will have to be sorted out by some future


be redeveloped, it must be on a very substantial scale to give the developer the 20% profit he has come to expect. Whalley/Calderstones was selected


. re l ie f to th e Regional Health Authority, which can now expect to get


development. This will come as a great


as an area for strategic development because it had a large hospital site which was expected to close in 2000, it was near a settlement, a trunk road and a railway line.


£150,000 an acre or more for the land and the National Volume House Build­ ers, who can expqct a comfortable profit of over 20%


D. G. SWINDELLS,


Ridings, Whalley Old Road, Billington.


I OWN one ofthe shops which open for “unreasonably short” hours. I spend many an hour looking across the road, watching reasonably well-off people buy second-hand clothes.


Next time, “disgruntled shopper”, look at the names on the earner bags. It will give you some idea why tourists come to Clitheroe.


Look around, ‘Disgruntled Shopper’ •


.


Also, most of the shops that open “unreasonably short” hours are for sale, with tenants thinking of retiring.


. .


Has disgruntled shopper also noticed that, as soon as a new shop opens, it seems to close within six months, even if it opens seven days a week.


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cat” landlords for their lease. Thank God that does not apply to us part-time shopkeepers.


shire Health Authority’s director of public health. In last week’s “Adver­


MRS B. TOMKINSON, 15 Moor Lane, . .Clitheroe.


tiser and Times”, Dr Mor­ ton was reported as saying that • Mb department. did not have th e detailed expertise to investigate ■ the'potential health conse-


au e n c e s : o f C a s t l e


for the health , of the Rib­ ble Valley residents? •


Who then is responsible ,


J . DUCKWORTH, York Street* Clitheroe..:


LETTERS for publica­ tion must be. accom- . panted by name a n d : address as an indica tion of good faith, even , i f .the writer, wishes, to use a norm deplume...


controversial fuel and that the'Cemfiiel issue was out of his hands. -


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Novel way to reduce the speed of local traffic


I AND a lot more like me pay £135 per annum for a road fund licence, which has always been, as I thought, to be able to drive on w e l l -m a in ta in e d ro a d s throughout the country.


- fit for traffic to travel on again in com­ fort at a legal speed. .


. "This has persisted for quite a number, •of weeks now and will probably be ' months before’the road in question is


. Apparently it would'appear that I have been misinformed about the use of road fund revenue, because someone has.removed the surface of the.road from most of the inner bypass in Clith­ eroe and no one seems bothered to replace it. Was it stolen?


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,■ park where the double yellow lines were near Shawbridge Street junction, <


: •; Legally, m its present state, cars can


but as a senior poiice spokesman said before the yellow lines were laid and cars were causing an obstruction: “It’s reducing the speed of traffic.” Yet you still read of people causing obstruction with parked cars* so it still must be an


■ of a rough road? This is not good for tyres and raised covers are not good for cars and passengers. Who would foot the bill if it was proved that a raised cover was responsible, for damage to a car or an accident? I thought “sleeping policemen” were the only legal way to reduce sp


offence. I wonder how many more locals would rather see ajjroper road instead


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