Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified)
Plans could destroy Whalley village life
SMALL is beautiful, so keep it that way! This is the resounding message to coun cil planners from angry Whalley residents who fear that proposals for large-scale development at Calderstones Hospital’s site threaten to sound a death knell over rural life by turning the area into a Blackburn New Town.
Kising crime is just one of the consequences feared by members
of Calderstones Redevelopment Awareness Group, which has col lected almost 1,000 signatures on a petition otriecting to Ribble 1 Borough Council’s draft ]
s Valley
for the site. Plans include the building of 400 houses in a first- phase development, although many believe that the final num ber could be as many as 1,000. Mr David Duperouzel, the
g-' •oup’s secretary, who lives at iingsmill Avenue, commented:
“We are opposed to the way that Whalley has been designated as an area for growth — the Ribble Val ley doesn’t need any more growth and this is shown by the fact that
there are 1,500 houses for sale in the area at the moment. In terms of economic growth, building busi ness units does not crea te employment.” Mr Duper
erouzel said that devel-
opment should be focused instead on urban areas. He said: “There are many derelict industrial sites in Blackburn and Burnley where investment is needed — it isn’t
by Lynn Harrison
needed here.” Many object to the draft propos
als on the grounds that Borne vil lage services are already over stretched and could not cope with such a large increase in the area's population. Mrs Catherine Duckworth lives
at Mitton Road and is chairman of the board of governors at Whalley CE Primary School. She said: “My concern is the number of children in the school and the provision for the education of children in the area. We have been and are look ing into possibilities for an exten sion at the school, but there really isn’t any space for this. There is no provision on the plans for the hospital site for another school. While we have 233 children at present, officially we could take 245, but our floor area is really only sufficient for 230, so we are oversubscribed.”
Members of Whalley Cricket
Club have been particularly angered by the proposal, as last year their application for planning
Eermission for six houses to be uilt on land adjacent to Mitton
Road was refused on appeal by th e D e p a r tm e n t o f th e
Environment. Mr Stephen Barker is a solicitor
who lives at Whittam Road and is also a trustee of Whalley Cricket Club. He said: “ I t is hard to understand why such a large
development is now being' con sidered when our application was refused when it would have been much more sympathetic, as well as bringing in much-needed funds for improved village sports facilities.” He continued: “Something will
have to be done with the site when the hospital closes, but the propos
als put forward are not appropri ate, either for the village or for the environment. I t would be interesting to see what alterna tives have been proposed and to see why they have been rejected.
I really don't like the idea of a Bil- lington-Whalley-Barrow new
town.” A total of 200 people turned
up to discuss this issue at the annual meeting of Whalley and Little Mitton Parish Council two weeks ago. That part of the meet ing had to be abandoned for safety reasons, as the village hall could not accommodate such a large number. However, those people will get a chance to have their say on Tuesday, when an extraor
dinary parish council meeting will take place at Whalley CE Primary
School at 7-30 p.m. The meeting will be attended by
new and existing parish council lors and Ribble valley Council’s
Planning Manager, Mr Stuart Bai ley, will answer public questions. The county’s proposals for the
site will come under scrutiny at a formal public examination, which will be held at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors, from May 24th. Local people will be welcome to attend.
Splash news from Tigers
“ TOO big and too adventurous” — Mr Gordon Miller
i - Valley can’t stand it. I ’m
not against any kind of development at all, but
Villagers are united ^
in determined bid to remain rural
THE redevelopment of the Calderstones Hospital site is felt by many
to be the biggest single issue ever faced by Whalley villagers. Its consequences are set to have a far-reaching impact on the Ribble Val
ley. But how strongly do local people feel about the issue? “Advertiser and Times” reporter Lynn Harrison went out and about to test
the residents' reactions and, perhaps not surpris ingly, could find not one person in favour of large- scale development. This is what you said
about Ribble Valley Coun cil's draft proposals.
velopment, but it needs to be done properly, with proper public consulta tion ” — Mrs Joanne Y a te s , W h a l le y P o s t Office. “ The s ite should be
developed, but this is a dilemma because, while it was acceptable to have a hospital in a green belt area, alternative devel opments have now got to be put forward andlious- ing is just one other possi bility. I would prefer to see villages of this size left alone, as Whalley has a lrea d y seen a la rg e increase in the size of its population over the last few decades. Perhaps it would be better to con sider a related use for the
“The proposals are too hospital and so make use big and too adventurous; Whlallcy and the Ribble
------- — M r J e f f r e y Duck worth, a retired building surveyor, Mitton Road.
of tjjf buiMmgs. “ I t ’s going to make
perhaps when we have a change of government we w i l l have a change o f policy’ ’ — Mr Gordon M i l l e r , K in g s m i l l Avenue. Mr Miller has just retired as a member of Whalley and Little Mit ton Parish Council and owns a dry cleaning busi ness, Abbey Clean, King Street. “ It’s too much; it’s nice
to be a small village and remain ru ral” — Mrs Joyce W e s tw e l l, Whi- teocre Lance, Barrow. “ I don’ t think they
should be building at all as there are too many new houses in the area. The v i l la g e amenities are already s tru ggl in g to cope” — Mrs Elizabeth
Cross, Queen Street. "The main thing is to
prevent dereliction and, whatever happens, school places and the environ ment have got to be taken into account. I would not be opposed to a small development of around 40 houses i f there was shown to be a need for these, but, i f a major d ev el opment takes place, then the decision will have to
come from the county council or higher, not from Ribble Valley Council” — Coun. E r ic R onnan,
chairman o f Whalley and L i t t le M it ton P a r ish
Council. “ I think 400 houses
would be far too many and may just be the thin end of the wedge” — Mrs Pam Highton, King Street.
“ I am not against rede-
Mayor to take VE Day salute
THE Mayor of Ribble Val ley, Coun. Kate Hodkin- son, will take the salute at Whalley and District Royal British Legion’s services of remembrance for VE Day on Sunday. Billington and Whalley
Naval Association and the area’s uniformed groups wi l l be taking part in parades, which will start at 11-30 a.m. at Church Square, Whalley, and at 2-30 p.m. at Billington Gardens. Services will follow at
Whalley war memorial at the Old Grammar School at noon and at Billington war memorial at 3 p.m. All are welcome to take part and join some of the
: area’s ex-servicemen on the special day.
MEMBERS of Clitheroe and District Cub Scouts took the plunge during a swimming
gala at Ribblesdale Pool on Saturday. All seven packs and a total of 50 Cubs partici
pated in the event, with the 1st Pendle Tigers swim ming their way to victonr after earning 87 points. The team included James Kirk (captain), Elliot
Wood, David Roberts, Mark Griffiths, Andrew Back house, Adam Underwood, Sam Perry, Thomas Hall and Michael Brocklehurst. The captain received the winning shield from Assis
tant County Commissioner for Cub Scouts Janet Grime. In second place was St Paul’s with 66 points and
in third was Whalley Cubs with 52 points. The fastest swimmer was James Kirk, while David
Roberts won the diving competition. Both are mem bers of the 1st Pendle Tigers. St Paul’s, meanwhile, clinched the squadron race. There were also various novelty events and plenty
of support from parents and spectators. Members of the Scout Fellowship organised the judging and scoring. Our photograph shows a few members of the 1st Pendle Tigers team.
Cycle stolen
A P E U G E O T l igh t - , weight, 10-speed, drop-
handled barred cycle has been stolen from Trutex car park in Taylor Street,
Clitheroe. The cycle, valued at
£50, was taken between 6- 45 and 7-30 p.m. on Friday.
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“ I WOULD not be opposed to a small
d e v e lo pm e n t ” — Coun. Eric Ronnan
has been identified as a corridor for growth, but there is no need for more growth. There are over 80 different species of birds, as well as badgers, foxes, hares, pheasants and a family of deer, which live in the woodland surround ing the hospital. All would be threatened by a lari scale development. Rede velopment should be res tricted to finding an alter native use for the existing buildings and any new housing should be built on the site and not on green belt land” — Mr David Wynne, Queen Mary Ter race and former chair man o f the awareness group. He has resigned due to his being a candi date in today’s borough council elections.
BBC drama chiefs remark on beauty
SABDEN and Wiswell residents have been complimented on the beauty and tranquillity of their villages as cameras start rolling for the filming of a new BBC drama series.
Jane Cossey, location
Royal treat for local teenager
A CLITHEROE teenager will be among the guests at a special St John Ambu lance reception hosted by HRH The Princess Royal in London la te r this month. Jane Perkins (16), of
Fairfield Close, will be attending as County Cadet
of the Year, an accolade
she earned last July. Jane, who attended St
Au gus tine ’s RC High School, Billington, and recently embarked on a BTEC nursery nursing course at St Mary’s Col lege, Blackburn, is the first Clitheroe cadet ever to hold the title. The Princess Royal is Commandant-in-Chief of
St John Ambulance Cadets, of which there are 25,000, aged between 10
and 18. Jane will be joining
cadets from all
over.the
country at the St John Am bu lan c e N a t io n a l Headquarters in Gros- venor Crescent on May 17th before attending the evening reception.
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was stolen from a Clith eroe industrial site, when thieves bolted over the compound gate and broke into the office.
The alarm was activated
at Bellman Mill, in Lincoln Way, at 2-08 a.m. on Sun day, when the thieves forced the office door.
C l i t h e r o e p o l ic e
attended within minutes but the thieves had made off with their haul.
30 stone flags
THIRTY stone flags have been stolen from a storage
depot in Sandy Brow, Whalley.
- Thieves stole the flags, which measure 3ft. by 2ft. by 6in. and are valued at £420, when they climbed
over the perimeter fence and into the compound between 2 p.m. on Tues
day last week and 7-15 a.m. on Friday.
manager for the series, “Missing Persons” , told residents in a letter about filming dates that the vil lages had been chosen as locations for both their “tranquillity and beauty” . Sabdeners received a
further accolade in the let te r they received when
Jane Cossey continued: “We have been welcomed with such hospitality and friendliness everywhere
we go. I t has made the setting period a complete
^ ^ i lm in g was taking place in Wiswell on Tues day and Wednesday in P en d le ton Road and Vicarage Fold. In addi tion, the centre of the vil lage had been chosen for a scene featuring a charac ter using the telephone box and a post office van arriving. The cameras were then
moving to Sabden for film ing in Stubbins Vale Cara
van Park, Stubbins Lane and Clitheroe Road yes terday. Today, Croppers’ Butchers and the Craft Shop in Padiham Road are in the spotlight, while tomorrow Sabden Primary School and the village police station are being filmed. The drama series stars Patricia Routledge, who
plays a housewife turned detective. It is expect be screened next January.
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