18 Ulitneroe Advertiser & Times, November 2Srd, 1995


G r o u p i s t o o p p o s e d r a f t q u a r r y p l a n


R IM IN G T O N a n d S aw le y re s id e n t s h a v e ta k e n th e f i r s t im p o r­ t a n t s te p s in th e i r c a t ­ t l e to o p p o s e c o u n ty c o u n c il p l a n s w h ic h , th e y b e lie v e , th r e a te n th e c o u n try s id e w h e re th e y liv e w ith a m a jo r n ew q u a r ry .


action groups to represent residents’ strong objec­ tions against Lancashire County Council’s d ra ft Minerals and Waste Local. Plan which, if developed, could result in a 600-acre quarry after the year 2006 on the beautiful hillside between the A69 and the' Clitheroe to Hellifield rail­ way line. At Rimington a seven-, man action committee has been formed following a c row d e d m e e t in g


T h e y h a v e fo rm e d


professional guidance and advice from a suitable fum of planners with previous experience in similar mat­ ters and has already pro­ duced its first newsletter to residents. The group intends to encourage re s id en ts to


Rimington and M iddop Parish Council. The group is


g to seek


- acres of fields and wood­ land below Sawley Brow, known locally as Swan- side, for possible extrac­ tion of limestone aggre­ gate some time after 2006. At Sawley on Monday


night, scores of people packed into the village hall for a meeting chaired by


write, initially to the Chief Planning Officer at Ribble Valley Borough Council, s e e k i n g t h e l o c a l authority’s positive sup­ port by requesting it to respond to th e county council’s proposals. Resi­ dents have been urged to write to the borough coun­ cil prior to the next council meeting on December 5th. '. The plan earmarks 600


of


Scores of people attend packed meeting by Tony Cliff


and Vivien Meath


Coun. Colin Bacon. . He introduced County Planning Officer Mr Gra­ ham B e l l , Mr A .H . Ingham, Head of Devel­ opment Control a t th e • county planning depart­ ment, and Mr J . Geldart, the head of th e county council’s mineral policy


unit. They ex p la in ed th e


issues in the plan relevant


to the area. Also in attendance was


Co u n ty Coun. A lb e r t Atkinson, Ribble Valley Council Planning Officer Stewart Bailey, leader of the borough council Coun.


Chris Holtom, th e


Howel Jones, Coun. Kate H o o p e r , who Rimington,


o p p o s i t io n Coun. uo


Derek Waller, who repre­ sents Gisbum, along with other borough councillors


and Coun. l iv e s


and officers. County council spokes­


men s t r e s s e d th a t no quarry proposals had been


in


put forward or accepted. They said th at the plan


sim p ly id e n t i f ie d th e reserves on the site and prevented o th er devel­ o pments from making them unusable. Coun. Waller re-iterated his view that the simple publication of the plan had already produced planning blight. An open questions ses­


sion was held towards the end of the meeting, after which an action committee of five residents was set up. The committee held its first meeting on Tuesday night. Concern is also growing


leader of iv


Park Quarry will be per­ mitted only if the mineral is needed under Policy 46;. if they include acceptable measures to minimise any environmental impact or disturbance during work­ ing: and if the working landscape and restoration scheme is of the highest quality. •


among residents in the area near Bellman Park Quany. Policy 46 of the council plan identifies the quarry as part of the land- bank which guarantees that production can con­ tinue a t the Ribblesdale cement plant. The plan sa y s th a t


proposals for extraction in the vicinity of Bellman


Mr P e te r del S t ro th e r said: ‘‘Our future need for high quality limestone did not disappear when our application for extraction a t Bellman Quarry was refused. To continue to make cement at Ribbles­ dale the company must have access to fu r th e r quarrying reserves and, at some time in the future, we will come back to the community and the plan­ ners with revised plans for Bellman.”


expressed concern, believ­ ing the draft plan to be a planning application. A spokesman for C a s tle Cement, however, said the company had not made, nor was on the point of making, a further applica­ tion for Bellman Quany. Castle works manager


Some local people have '•■■■'


’ Clitkerde 22824 (Editorial) : 22828 (Advehisiria):Burnley 422S81 (Classified) F i n e w e a t h e r b r i n g s p l e n t y o f s u p p o r t


S U N N Y a u t u m n w e a th e r h e lp ed to swell


th e a t te n d a n c e a t a cof ­ f e e m o r n in g in C l i th ­ e ro e o n S a tu rd a y , w h en lo c a l w o r k e r s f o r th e C h r i s t i e H o s p i t a l W om e n ’s T r u s t F u n d r e a p e d a b u m p e r h a rv e s t .


T h e t r e a s u r e r fo r th e


c h a r i t y ’s C l i t h e r o e c om m i t te e , C o u n . M y ra Clegg, o f W isell, a f te r ­ w a rd s re p o r te d a p ro f i t o f £865, w h ich sh e sa id w o u l d b e s p e n t o n


r e s e a r c h w o rk f o r th e b e n e f i t o f c a n c e r p a t ie n ts .


“We h o ld th e c o f fe e ‘


m o rn in g in th e R ib b le V a l ley M a y o r ’s P a r lo u r e v e ry y e a r a n d p e o p le a r e a lw ay s v e ry g e n e r ­ o u s in t h e i r s u p p o r t ,”


sh e sa id . “ I t is p ro b ab ly b e c a u s e m o s t f o l k , e i t h e r k n ow som e o n e w i th c a n c e r o r h a v e a


r e l a t i v e w i t h t h e d ise a se . “ T h e w e a t h e r w a s


lovely a s w ell, so people w e r e t em p t e d o u t o f t h e i r h om e s to c om e a lo n g a n d su p p o r t u s .” S t a l l s w e r e p a c k e d


w i th , a v a r ie ty o f p r o ­ d u c ts , in c lu d in g c ak e s ,


jam s ! c h u tn e y , ' l in e n , p la n ts a n d fa n c y goods. T h e r e w a s a l s o a tom b o la . O u r p i c t u r e s h o w s


R ib b l e V a l l e y M a y o r C o u n . D o ro th y P e a r so n a t th e p la n t s ta l l , w i th h e r h u s b a n d , S ta n le y , in th e b a c k g ro u n d .


O p e n i n g r e m a r k s


association annual reunion dinner were Mr Tom Rushton, who started at the school in 1917, and the present head boy and head girl, Oliver Seed and Jes­ sica Cunliffe. Also present were around 30 former


pupils who entered the school in the Coronation year of 1952. Association chairman Mr Barrie


Lancaster gave the opening speech at the dinner, held at Stirk House Hotel, ‘ Gisbum, before handing over to outgo­


ing president Mr Ian Parsons. He


PAST and present pupils watched physical education teacher Mr Reggie Bell cany out his first exercise as pres­ ident of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Old Boys’ Association — his inaugural speech. Among tne 170 people attending the


introduced Mr Bell, a PE teacher from Oldham, who a tten d ed the school between 1947 and 1954. In his speech, Mr Bell explained that


, new president’s talk was an entertain­ ing part of an enjoyable evening. Mr Wood took over the position of secre­ tary from Mr Keith Whiteside, who recently retired from the post after 10 years and from the association commit­ tee after 17 years. Our picture shows Mr Bell (right) being congratulated on his new role by ' former president Mr Parsons.


alled mm Dy if on one occasion. The association secretary, Mr Chris Wood, of Claremont Avenue, said the


his real name was Raymond, but Reg­ gie had stuck with him all his life after c the headmaster, Laurence Hardy,


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