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I THINK the people of Clitheroe should have a vote of no confidence in Ribble Valley Borough Council.


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THE letter from Mr B. Joynson in last week’s Advertiser and Times on the ear parking issue is right and so are the other people who have written in. Sounds like it is


we may not need a chief exec­ utive, so did we need one five years ago? 2. Buying and fitting CCTV


should have been sacked. 3. Putting small roundabouts


cameras that did not work and having a reception for 100 people for Mr Howard to turn on the cameras that did not work. What a fool he would have felt if he had known. The people responsible


people have paid? Shoppers are going to be driven away to Skip-


and extending out into the roads


so people cannot park. Shop­ keepers need more people to come to Clitheroe, not less.


parks. What is the cost of put­ ting machines in and paying for one man to go round to see if


4. Putting meters on small car


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I WOULD like, through the columns of the Clitheroe Advertiser, to congratu­ late Sawlev and Rimington on their victory in the battle to have Swanside removed from Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (LM & WLP). Having studied mineral applications,


take to fill with water? Will it fill at all? How will this contribute to the long-term landscape or amenity of the


Just how long will this massive hole


area? This “lake” will not be open for pub­


, lous person could live the life of Riley on the backs of the electorate. As for the orange


required bv law to con­ sult the electorate on any issue. It makes the mind boggle; any unserupu-


another blunder this council has made. I was not aware that the council is not


badge, it should be honoured and the mis­


in conjunction with the Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), unfortunately Sawley may discover the victory is only temporary and the policy may reappear at a future date. Mineral planning authorities appear to change their plans and opinions in con- juction with or contra to trends, public opinions, company pressures and Government guidance.


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WITH November 5th looming, the National Canine Defence League — the UK’s largest dog wel­ fare charity — is urging both dog owners and bon­ fire organisers to spare a thought for our four­ legged friends. Fireworks, although a great source of fun to most people, are not generally a (log’s best friend.


by the loud bangs and screeches caused by fire­ works. In some cases this may cause a great deal of distress to both animal and owner — pets may escape and get lost, finding them­ selves in unfamiliar and indeed dangerous sur­ roundings. Animals have been involved in traffic accidents because they


Many pets are terrified


have been so scared. The NCDL hopes that


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effect the home-loving hound.


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out for his daily walk ear­ lier in the day to avoid the noisiest period.


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ensuring all doors and windows are firmly closed so that there is no chance of your dog escaping.


tains closed and turn on the radio or television to distract him from the noise.


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his matchstick figures, and there was a song on


this topic. EDMOND CAMBIEN,


Holland Prospect, Clithcroe.


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Councifsaid that much of the stone in Bellman was of “poor quality” and unsuitable for cement production; then subsequently, after receiving some 2,500 representations from the public, unanimously turned down application number 3/93/0007 for 25.5 million tonnes. Castle Cement was accused of “greed” and “blackmail”.


Two years ago Lancashire County


man forward in LM & WLP. The current 30m tonne application is


Sixteen months later LCC put Bell­


better decorated than previously, but at the end of the day it is a dirty great hole in the ground, with steeply- wooded sides and a supposed “lake”.


lic use. Is it in anyone’s interest to sur­ round Rydal Place and Bellman Farm in this way? Do we really want Chat- burn Road’ on a 270-yard-wide pennin- sula, with quarries on each side? With no modern scheme for working


ton, etc. 5. One thing the council has


Clitheroe.


“SHOI’OWNER”, Moor Lane.


Why weren’t public


consulted?


THE a r r iv a l of car p a r k in g c h a r g e s , unwanted by the vast


m a jo r i ty o l K iD D ie also have a fondness for V a l l e y r e s i d e n t s , the area’s heritage and the ' quarries upon which much


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exposes the hypocrisy of Liberal Democrat so-called public partic­ ipation and is a com-


and restoration in place on the exist­ ing quarry complex, is it wise to con­ sider another greenfield site? If Bell­ man is granted, then in 15 years’ time the 30-year reserves will be reduced to 15 years again. So where will the next 30m tonnes come from? How many more decades will the


planning system? These are a few of the numerous


unanswered questions. If you are concerned about the impli­


cations of the reactivation and very large extension of Bellman Quarry please, let your feelings be known at Lancashire County Council, PO Box 160, East Cliff Offices, Preston, PR1 3EX ANDREW COLLINSON, Bellman.


literature. A major policy change,


Ribble Valley endure this unsustain­ able practice? Just how good is the modern, environmentally-conscious


such as the car parking charges, ought to have been the subject of the widest public consultation, with public meetings in different parts of the bor­ ough. This is not just^ an issue which affects Clith­ eroe or Longridge, but the whole of the Ribble


Valley. Next time you receive a


Liberal Democrat promise for public consultation remind them about car


parking charges, a major policy change which no one w a s m a n d a t e d to implement.


BILL FLEMING, Hillcrcst Road, Lango.


Deprived of right to give evidence


WE were recently notified than match a list of chemi- It is worth noting that accused Mary Horner of by the Environment cals (provided by the all the information was on alarmist tactics and scare- Agency of Castle Cement’s Health and Safety Execu- record by 1989 and most of mongcfrlng. Here are some withdrawal of its appeal, tive) used in the manufac- the toxicologjca^ sum- counter-accusations.


due to have been heard next month in Clitheroe.


many of the new standards about many of the chemi- direct bearing on the way — allowing discussions to cals which are blended -


Castle Cement’s previous total opposition to the Environment Agency’s Variation Notice, it is now quite prepared to accept


It seems that, despite


go on behind closed doors together to produce Cem- while neatly depriving fuel. The majority are


and campaigner Mary Horner has done no more


Ribble Valley resident


members of the public of shown to be possible car- the right to give evidence cinogens (causing cancer) themselves.


mutagens (causing cell malfunction and malfurma-


ture of Cemfuel with data from the US Environmen­ tal Protection Agency’s Chemical Release Inven­ tory. This software is


maries date from 1985 onward. In other words, this information was on the public register in the United States some 10


wealth of information This information has had a . . .


freely available to the years ago and would cer- public and contains a tainly have been available to the cement industry.


in° r 1. That Castle Cement has, in my view, concealed the true nature and signif­ icance of burning blended solvent waste since 1992.


tion) and teratogens (caus- unknown side effects, ingbirth defects).


the cement industry is allowed to operate in the USA. Owing to loopholes in United Kingdom legisla­ tion, Ribble Valley resi­ dents are forced to endure chemical fog with


Castle Cement has


dence to suggest that these chemicals are des­ troyed at temperatures achieved in the kiln and every possibility that they may produce toxic gases and may even recombine to form an unknown and unknowable ehemica 1 hazard.


2. That there is no evi­


3. That without any evi­ dence of safety, the com-


pany, I believe, is profit before public health


Environment Agency is shortly to publish the results of a groundwater pollution su rvey for England and Wales. In its report, the agency high­ lights chlorinated solvents as being among the most difficult and toxic pollu­ tants to clean up once aquifiers are contamin­ ated. A study for the D ep a r tm e n t o f the Environment in 1985 showed that over half the groundwaters used for potable supply had been contaminated, witli levels . of trichloroethylene (one of the ingredients of Cem­ fuel) near or exceeding World Health Organisa­ tion guidelines. The report went on to recommend the establishment of a manda­ tory waste solvent recov­ ery scheme. Castle Cement, please


M e a n w h i l e , t h e comment.


JUDY YACOUB, Pcndlc Friends of the Earth, Duke Street, Winewali, Colne.


have lived in the Ribble Valley all my life and I love its unique countryside as clearly as he does. I


of i t s prosper ity has depended for several


plete contradiction oi cement industry has come t h e i r e l e c t i o n a jong way in the past 30 years, notably through investment in new technol-


ge!fnvironmehtally, the


ogy, which has trans­ formed dust control. Other ex am p le s of


environmental commit­ ment include the planting of 7,000 new trees over the past six years. None of this negates the


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forgotten to do is to put a No Entry” sign off the Ao9 into


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DOES Castle Cement care? I am not sure that the company will ever satisfy Mr Gooding (who posed the question in last week’s newspaper), nor Mary Horner. However, as someone who has been employed at the Ribbles- dale works for 23 years, I think I am qualified to reassure the rest of the population. Unlike Mr Gooding, I


need for q u a r ry in g , th o u g h I w o u ld be delighted to show Mr Gooding the vast range of wildlife at Lanehead Quarry.


through the Bellman Quarry application process that it has 14 years of reserves remaining at Lanehead, but that the quality is not adequate to maintain i t s p r e c is e . cement recipe. Yes, the company does


The company has said . .


have reserves in North Wales, but there is no rail ‘ link to the quarry and the material would have to be ‘ hauled some six miles to be loaded on to trains, as Mr Gooding suggests. Set- . ting aside the viability issue, it seems that he is ■ not concerned about the impact on someone else’s environment. The company has not


some distance the best option. Both the applica­ tion and the consultation which has gone with it " demonstrate that Castle Cement does care about the local community.


KEITH W. HALL, Downham.


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