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New Year start date for former Barrow site


by Tim Procter


i. projects ever gets under way in the New


ONE of the area's most .. important job-creating


"Year. As we reported recently,


' '' £4.3m. is being spent on ' ' 'the Ribble Valley Enter- " ’.'prise Park a t the site of the former Barrow Print­


-works, pictured, just off the A59. Contractors are


■ expected to move in on ■‘■January 10th. . '■ The local and county


1 councils, the North West Development Agency and


' other agencies, and the


' 1'companies involved are all doing their best to make the park at tract iv e to enterprises, using more sophisticated technology


than is usually found local­ ly. Units start at 550 square feet. However, there is room also for medium-sized oper­ ations to build their own premises. The scheme has been


years in getting off the drawing board - road widening and a round-' about, required as a pre­ condition, have been com­ plete for more than two years. Access will be easy from all directions and hopes are high that at least some jobs will have been created by this time next


year. The capital to build the


park is coming from several public and private sources, including the European Regional Development Fund, which has given £lm. "Technology-based companies will be attracted


by virtue of the quality of life to be found in the Rib­ ble Valley," says Mr Gwynne Furlong, Director of Property for Enterprise PLC, the arm of English Partnerships taking part in the project. I t is putting in


£l.lm. "In addition, we will be


improving the environment


of a site which has been redundant and derelict for more than 20 years." Pilot Properties Ltd,


owners of the site for years, is the private enterprise company involved, and the


third partner is Lancashire County Council. Ribble Valley Borough Council members and officers have been keen to support the plan, and the council has given £20,000 towards a special technology suite for the use of companies on the


Zero turn-out for cash


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meeting WAS it apathy or approval that led to no one attending Clitheroe Town Council's public meeting to discuss i ts next year's spending


plans? This is the question that


town councillors, who wait­ ed in vain for residents to turn up a t the Clitheroe Library venue, want answering. • Said a town council


park. Chief Planning Officer


Mr Stewart Bailey is confi­ dent that the package will attract worthwhile tenants. He explained that the tech­ nology suite will provide conference, video, and simi­ lar facilities to be shared for sales, training and other business purposes. The firs t stage of the


development will provide a two-storey office block and roads and some car parking, with 20 acres of land being


opened up for other compa­ nies to build to suit their own requirements. The office block will have


11 suites, ranging from 550 square feet to 4,300 square feet, and will be called the Enterprise Centre. The


planning permission under which the scheme is going ahead has several condi­ tions relating to access, landscaping and roads - only a pedestrian way is permitted directly into Bar- row.


Planning permission


exists for several features on the park, including a hotel and a petrol filling station. Over the years, village


residents have voiced their opposal to various plans for the site, including, a t the beginning of discussions, direct access into the vil-; lage. I t was bitterly opposed


by local people, as was a plan to develop land on the other side of Barrow. (281199/28/13)


Traders fume over pre-Christmas roadworks chaos as profits tumble


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MANAGERS at North West Water have apologised to traders in Whal- ley for not consulting them over roadworks in the village which, some have claimed, have hit their pre- Christmas business by as much as 30


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per cent. After a spate of protests about the


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roadworks, which have seen traffic crawl through the village a t rush-hour for


almost the last two weeks, the company has now vowed to cease work on them in the fortnight run-up to Christmas, if


they remain unfinished. For nearly two weeks, traffic has ground


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Home revamp gets thumbs down from, Government inspector


tu’Work at Chaigley which has battlements, tur- K Mahor has been thrown® rets and mullioned win-


J 'A .E L iA N fo r m a jo r ...south facadeof the manor,


e « t by a Government'’ ^inspector.


i"mended the Planning and k Development Committee


£< Officials of Ribble Valley .-Borough Council recom-


fe j to approve a planning appli- to refurbish the


too would be a prominent and intrusive feature. The plan suggested over­


fcji cation . existing Grade I I listed --------------------


development which would not protect the landscape and character of the area, but would have a signifi­ cant adverse effect on the


Rebuilding and replace the area of outstanding natural


g^staff and swimming facil- --------------------------------— |& tie s , including two new buildings.


' ‘' But councillors were wor- „ ried about safety, access and


‘" 'th e possible potential for different future use of the


r. -.complex in Chipping Road, ’ ‘ Chaigley, for fund-raising ’• 'and refused the plan. Now an appeal by the


. Board of Trustees of Chaigley Manor Children's Holiday and Resource Cen- tre has been dismissed by


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... Mr John Braithwaite, a ' Department of the Envi- - ronment inspector. His report said that the


loss of trees along the north boundary would irre­ versibly compromise tree cover, and there was no jus­ tifiable reason why the


j buildings causing this i. should have such extended forms or be so sited.


". . The proposed swimming .- pool, said Mr Braithwaite, i would be an incongruous and intrusive feature, situ- i ated near the decorated


Farm outhouse Quartet delights audience and raises funds for church


. A CLOCKWORK train set dating back to the 1930s


■ and valued a t £800 was among property stolen from a farm outhouse in Read over the weekend. Also taken was an assortment of copper kettles and jam pans and a 3ft. 6in. wide brass


' bed. The total value of the haul was almost £2,000 and police are investigating.


A STRING quartet performed before an audience of more than 100 when they played at St


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James's CE Church in Clitheroe. The four musicians, led by former


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Gaynor Sutcliffe, had given their services free of charge in a bid to help raise money for the church's Vision 2000+ Building Fund. Music played by the quar tet included "O Sole Mio", Mozart's


String Quartet in C Major and Borodin's String Quartet Number Two, while "Nobody Does I t Better" provided the encore. Along with Miss Sutcliffe, the other


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members of the q u ar te t, Joanna Parkhurst, Naomi Koop and James Barralat, are all pupils at the Royal Northern College of Music in Man­


chester. The evening entertainment raised


£325 for the building fund, and the n u o p fa f utoq invited back OIIC6 tll6


quartet was invited back once the work at St James’s Church has been


carried out. Concert organisers expressed their


thanks to the quartet for playing free of charge and to Mr Garth Sutcliffe for coming up with the idea. Our photograph shows, from the


left, Joanna Parkhurst, Naomi Koop, Gaynor Sutcliffe and James Barralat. (281199/22/19)


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beauty, felt.Mr .Braith- waite. He recognised the value of the charitable work providing holidays for disadvantaged children at the manor, and noted the many letters of support. However, the need to pre­


serve the building and its setting was a s ta tu to ry requirement, and the appeal should not succeed.


to a standstill in rush-hour periods through the village, as drivers wait to pass through a temporary three-way traffic light system set up around roadworks on the junction of Queen Street and Station Road. • Some traders claim shoppers are by­


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up. Is it essential for them to do the work in December, couldn’t they do it in January when business is quiet?" North West Water officials met last


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week with Coun. Joyce Holgate and Whal­ ley Chamber of Trade representatives and


explained a bigger mains pipe is being laid to increase the area's water supply. They reassured them the works would be moved past the junction by tomorrow, lessening congestion in the mornings. In addition, work will be completely closed down on the day of Pickwick Night - the biggest event in the village's calendar. A spokesman for North West Water told


passing Whalley to avoid traffic and park­ ing problems caused by the works. Many remain angry a t North West Water's lack of consultation before the roadworks were started,, despite,overtures by the company to improve tlie situation.


Whatley Sub Post Office manger Mr Steve Baldwin. "Our Christmas trade started on the'Monday mOrning and effectively fin­ ished by lunch-time when they put the road works up. The work has got to be done; we would have just appreciated being warned about it, rather than having to go out and find out about it from the work­


I'We've been badly hit by.this," said .


men." Fumed Mr Cecil White, landlord of the


Swan Hotel: "My takings have gone down by 30 per cent. If these people at North West Water had dynamite for brains, they wouldn't be able to blow their own heads


the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times: "Right from the very start we have put customers' interests at the forefront. I t has been our intention to cause as little disruption as possible. The project managers accept _we should have been more communicative with traders in the area and for tha t we apologise. We have had very constructive discussions with the Chamber of Trade and Couh. Holgate and, in the future, we will try and keep things a little more open." 9 Meanwhile, Whalley Chamber of


Trade has welcomed moves by-Whitbread to introduce pay and display charges to the


Whalley Arms car park. A spokesman for the brewery said the charges would be 50p an hour for up to six hours, over,which a flat rate of £10 would be charged. Charges would be applicable between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Non-payment will result in clamping. Charges are likely to be introduced quickly, as our picture shows, signs are already


going up. A Chamber of Trade spokesman said:


"We are pleased Whitbread is offering a temporary parking solution which will be up and running before Christmas." (291199/12/4)


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spokesman: "This is the second year in succession th a t we have organised a public meeting to discuss our budget plans, only for not one single’member of the public to show up. "It is very disappointing.


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I t either means th a t Clitheroe residents are apa­ thetic or that they are very happy with the way th^t things are being run and they have no complaints or


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Golf club thieves


BURGLARS broke into a


car parked at Mytton Fold Golf Club, Billington, and made off with sports equip­ ment valued at £1,000.' The thieves smashed a


window of a b rown Rover 287 and took a blue leather golf bag with a full set of John Letters irons, three Galloway woods and a Pro- quip weatherproof. The in c id en t , took place betweenT2-55 p.m. and 1-05 p.m. on Sunday, and anyone, who might have seen two males in a black hatchback car in the area at the time is asked to con­ ta c t Clitherde police on 01200 443344.


Cleared of


assault charge A CLITHEROE woman has been cleared of an assault causing actual bodi­ ly harm.


Moor End, was discharged af ter Judge David Pirie directed a Preston Crown Court jury to |retum a not guilty verdict in the case. Webb had been accused


Jan et Webb (44), of 1


of causing actual bodily harm in a January pub | assault on a man.


Car target


THIEVES removed not only the stereo and speak­ ers but also the front shelf of a Citroen car parked in Whalley Road, Clitheroe. The incident was late on Thursday night and the property is worth £450. Police are investigating.


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