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Green belt controversy hardly affects the Ribble Valley
by Julie Frankland
GREEN belt land losses to new homes will not be as widespread in the Ribble Val ley as in other parts of the county. In fact, the borough has very little green belt
acreage. While government research
has indicated th a t 4.4 million new homes will have to be built in England and Wales by 2016, many of them on green field sites, planning officers from Rib ble Valley Borough Council believe they can avoid wide spread local encroachment. Having contributed Ribble Val
ley data, they are now analysing the findings of a report by the North- West Regional Association, a consortium representing local authorities in Lancashire,
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Planning chief lays to rest fears about housing spoiling our small acreage of protected land
Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Man chester and Merseyside. With the breakdown of the tra
ditional family unit being largely blamed for creating accommoda tion growth, potentially disastrous consequences for open spaces and green belt are predicted, unless a settlement formula is agreed. However, Ribble Valley officers,
already working to a 15-year coun ty plan which caters for housing needs up to 2006, dismiss signifi
cant local impact. Explained Mr Stewart Bailey,
the borough council’s Chief Plan ning Officer: "We have identified the need to build 2,350 new homes locally by 2006. "Of these, many have already been built. For those remaining,
planning permission has either been granted or sites allocated." He added: "Some of these homes
have appeared or will appear on reclaimed brown land, which has formerly been used for building, while others, as in the case of the Pendle Park development, will take green field sites. "However, it is important that
people understand the definition of green belt as undeveloped land on the edge of an urban area, and appreciate that it is different from open land and countryside, which is protected in other ways. "We are surrounded by country
side designated as landscape of outstanding natural beauty, which is protected. "We have very little green belt -
ju s t small pockets around the edges of Simonstone, Read, Billington and Wilpshire, which is there to contain Burnley and Blackburn. For the rural Ribble Valley, accommodation encroach ment is therefore not such an
issue." Speaking from Westminster,
Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans was critical of the Government's housing projections and its plans to increase tax on developers build ing on green belt sites. He said: "Contractors will sim
ply pay the extra money and pass the cost on to the house-buyer. I want to see more stringent rules and an increase in the target for building on brown field sites."
Three cheers for disco at the youth club 1 ■ J ■ P P ™ NOW O N! » .....!
Life at sea in 17th century outlined by club speaker
SAILING was the topic of a speech given by Mr John Adey to fellow members of Clitheroe Speak
ers' Club.
nis Ogden, chairman for the evening, Mr Adey went on to give a rousing account of the advantages and disadvantages of being at sea in the 17th Century. He described the life of a
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buccaneer capta in in a speech entitled "Cruisin" but, as his saga progressed, he transported his audience to modem times. In her evaluation, Mrs
Chris Carr applauded the way in which Mr Adey had drawn graphic word pic tures to il lu s tra te his
theme. In an amusing speech
entitled "Censored", Mrs Ada Gamer followed with a description of her wedding
day. Evalu ato r Mrs Mary
Eglin congratulated her on her humorous approach and attention to detail. Topics chairman Mrs
Penny Ogden taxed mem bers with a variety of sub jects, which led club presi dent Mrs Gene Holmes to consider women "dressing down” to avoid unwelcome attention, and Mr Stephen Clarke to wax eloquently on modem technology as a detriment to family life. I t also led Mrs Violet
GISBURN AUCTION 7 MART i PICES o
THERE were 60 newly-calveq cows and heifers forward at Gift bum Auction Mart's Thursday sale, when first-quality cows made to £1,000 (average £81Ejl and first-quality heifers to £850
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£675 (£601) and second-quality heifers to £645 (£587).
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Calves: Charolais X bullj
were 260 cattle (128 young bufls and 132 steers and heifers) arid 1,580 sheep (1,313 hoggs and 26g ewes and rams). Bulls: Continental X light
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THREE cheers from the youngsters attending the relaunch of the tiny tots disco a t Clitheroe's Trinity Youth and Community Centre. The Saturday sessions proved so successful last
year that both parents and children asked for a fol low-up as soon as possible in the New Year. Pictured are a group of those who attended the
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Call for patrols to sort out vandals
A CALL for the return of warden-and-dog patrols to stem escalat ing vandalism in the Ribble Valley came at a meeting in the bor
ough council chamber. Retired headmaster
Coun. Ted Boden (Chat- bum) said that he recalled a time when such patrols "sorted out undesirables"
before their behaviour went out of control, and won dered why the service had been abandoned. Coun. Boden was speak
ing at a meeting of the Pol icy and Resources Com mittee during a discussion on ideas for an effective package of measures against the worst vandal ism and anti-social behav iour ever to hit the Ribble Valley. As already reported in
the Advertiser and Times, councillors were alerted to the extent of the problem las t week when officers reported th a t no town or village in the borough escaped the problem. They decided to widen
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their net in a search for a solution and asked th a t police, headteachers and youth leaders should all be brought into the discus sions before the measure were decided. The director of commeri-
cal services, Mr John Heap, said the committee
would be hard-pressed to meet the £5,000 bill for repairs to council buildings and playgrounds damaged by young vandals during the last 12 months - the worst year ever for vandal ism in the history of the borough, he said. He sug gested th a t the council should be looking for "the causes ra th e r than the effects" of the problem. Coun. Charles Warkman
(Wilpshire) said that com munity policeman had made great progress in his village against anti-social behaviour by the young and suggested that the rest of the borough could adopt closure liaison with the local police. Coun. Catherine Hooper
(Clitheroe) said th a t a community warden scheme in Accington had produced excellent results, ending problems caused by young people and reducing fear among the elderly. She said she felt the Rib
ble Valley could, perhaps, learn something from the Accington initiative,
adding: "The elderly now feel safer on the streets and are returning to the town centre to do their shop
ping." She felt, however, th a t
many young people who gathered in town centres, such as in Clitheroe, were not actually causing trou ble, but were simply meet
ing together to talk. Coun. Arthur Pearson
(Whalley) defended young people, saying th a t they often congregated in the streets because they had little else to do. "Where do young people go? There is no place for them," he added. Coun. Graham Sowter (Lango) said he felt th a t
not enough public money was spent on services for the 10 to 16s - the age group associated mainly with anti-social behaviour. Meanwhile, in his report,
Mr Heap suggested the fol lowing options for further consideration: • Attendants at public
conveniences. • A reward scheme for
people giving evidence leading to prosecution over vandalism. • Develop by-laws to
control activities on play areas and other land. • Erect notices warning
offenders of prosecution. • Periodic patrolling of parks, play areas and recre
ational land. The committee gave the
go-ahead to Mr Heap's pro posal th a t he should arrange a meeting with the police to discuss a strategy. Members also approved an amendment by Coun. Frank Dyson (Clitheroe) th a t headteachers and youth leaders be should be included in the talks.
phy, following evaluation by Mrs Margaret Banks, was awarded to Mrs Dorothy Durham for her talk on weight control. Assessing the evening,
Mr Gordon Taylor compli mented all speakers. The club next meets on Mon day at 7-30 p.m. in the Low Moor Reading and Club Room. Visitors are wel-
Very good cattle on offer at Clitheroe
A GOOD day was reported at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Friday with some very
good cattle on offer. An entry of store bulls saw a
top price of £445 and Continen tal heifers also saw a resounding trade with a similar top price of
£445. The in-lamb ewes section also
produced a good trade. Correct mules made to £45: broken mouthed mules to £32 and mule gimmers to £43. A wide choice of Lonk ewes saw correct ewes mak ing to £36 and broken-mouthed
ewes to £26. Monday's sale was rather
more disappointing after Fri day's excellent store trade. Continental bulls: Light made
to £104.50 (average £104.50). medium to £104.50 (£89.81),
overall to £104.50 (£92.26). Continental heifers: Medium
made to £91.50 (£71.67), heavy to £98.50 (£89.16). overall to
£98.50 (£77.50). Native bulls: Medium made
to £100.50 (£89.36), heavy to £80.50 (£79.99), overall to £100.50 (£84.68). Native heifers: Light made to
£71.50 (£67.08), medium to £71.50 (£70.85). heavy to £68.50 (£68.50), overall to
£71.50 (£69.20). Continental steers: Light
made to £89.50 (£89.50), heavy to £78.50 (£78.50), overall to £89.50 (£89.50). Native steers: Light made to
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four weeks: Continental bull calf - £225, J. and M. Lceming: Con tinental heifer calf - £78, Ot Parker: Friesian bull calf - £1214 J. Pinder.
made to 135.5p (lOOp), medium to 137.5p (99.2p), heavy M
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119.5p (95.4p); other X light to 80.5p (77.7p), medium to 93.5$ (82.7p). heavy to 95.5p (81.3p(-) Top sale and kilo priccfor
bulls: 520kg @ 137.5p = £715.3. M. Townsend. Steers: Continental X light
made to 103.5p. medium 1$ 112.5p (94.2p), heavy to 111.5p (92.5p): other X medium to 83.5p (79.7p). heavy to 102.5p
(83.2p).
to 119.5p (84.Ip), medium to 115.5p (89.4p),' heavy to
106.Jp (91.8p): other X medium to 71.5p (63.9p), heavy to 69.5p (62.2p>. Top sale price for steers and
Heifers: Continental X light T Sheep: Light hoggs made tj) 4
heifers: £702.13, T. L. Fell. Topi kilo price: 395kg @ 119.5p = £472.03, J. H. Sharp.
74.2p (69.4p). standard to 99.4j> (73.6p). medium .to 93.8!i (74.1p). heavy to 78.4p (69.3pj, overweight to 62p (57.6p); homed ewes to £25.50 (£15.509. other to £38.50 (£22.75): ramsqi £42.50(28.50). In the produce sale, there was
a total ol 53.290 tonnes of straw forward, with barley straw mak ing £48 per tonne. • • ■ 'i There were 2,400 hoggs for ward in the Beacon North-Vi’est
(Gisbum) electronic auction last week. Standard made to 183.5p, medium to 177p. heavy to 156p. _______■ . --
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VOCAL talent in need of a stage is being sought by local c h a r i ty , singing groupe the A Cappella
Singers. , It has vacancies for male ■ ;
tenors and basses, follow ing the departure of sever al regular members froyi
the area. With a full 1998 conce5t
schedule, places need to he filled quickly as rehearsajs
are already underway. - The group practises fqr
two hours on Wednesday evenings in Wilpshire. Anyone interested in join
ing should be able to read music, although perfedt
sight, reading is not required.
The singers plan to pet- I
£66.50 (£66.50). medium to £57.50 (£57.50), heavy to £78.50 (£69.89), overall to £78.50 (£65.20). The hogg sale saw another
weakening in demand with the best lambs a t around 85p. The overall average slipped again by 6p. This may have been account ed for by a very varied entry of lambs, but again buyers, as with cattle, were very short of orders. Unlike recent weeks, standard and medium weights were more
in demand. Light hoggs made to 77.42p
(63.25p), standard to 84.06p (68.46p), medium to 83.91p (69.17p), heavy to 75.51p (66.03p), overweight to 71.93p (71.93p), overall to 84.06p (67.63p); ewes made to £28.50 (£18.33); rams to £22 (£19.38).
form "The Requiem" and "Te Deum" at concerts this year. Further details can tie obtained
from.chairmdn
Anne Gray, telephone 01254 884401, or Martin Sales on 01254 885365 and 0468 806658. Following the group’s
appeal in the Advertiser and Times last month foil a new venue for a Marqh booking, made after the collapse of plans to per form in Burnley, severhl readers pu t forward sug
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