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Clitheroe Advertiser. & Times, June 17th, 1999 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Official urges plans committee to I Driver claims make decision on BrockhaU site discrinunation


Developers now do not need to build £ l in . link road Y 0 C3 . § 3 - § --------------------------------------- ---------------- ------------------------ ' Disabled woman says sne


by Tim Procter


THE new application to alter the long-term plans for the Brockhall Hospital site has been accepted by Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council Planning and Development Commit­


tee. A few councillors felt tha t the


m a tte r was so complex th a t it should be le ft to a planning appeal pending into refusal of a previous application, to be con­ ducted by a Government inspec­ tor. They were outvoted after a debate during which the Director of Legal Services, Mr Paul Tim- son, told councillors: "You are the planning committee and you are charged with and committed to determining planning applica­ tions - it you hand that over to a public inquiry, you will lose con­ trol of applications. You will be in the hands of an inspector and you could end up with an approval far less acceptable than the recom­


mendation before you. "That is quite apart from the


question of costs." The plan will be finally


approved, under delegated powers, by Chief Executive Mr David Mor­ ris after a legally binding agree­ ment covering key features is signed by the developers. It is understood th a t the appeal will not now go


ahead. Officials recommended this .


course of action. As reported last week, the appli­


cation cuts the number of houses to 233, below the 280 which would require a £lm.-plus link road to be built to Langho roundabout. I t also includes far less employ­


favour and against the plan respec­


tively. Planning Committee chairman


Coun. Chris Holtom (Wilpshire) referred to the worrying state of approach roads to the develop­ ment, though there had been a recent partial improvement. Coun. Graham Sowter, chairman


ment-generating space than previ­ ously, 11,150 square metres against the original 83,610, suggested. Some of this space is already occu­ pied or has planning permission, including the Blackburn Rovers Youth Academy, a children's nurs­ ery, a fencing manufacturer, and an


estate office. Spokesmen for the Brockhall Vil­


lage Residents' Association and for a resident of Langho spoke in


of Billington and Langho Parish Council, repeated concerns that he and other local people had. He said that the plan came nowhere near meeting the requirement that such projects should provide an appro­ priate number of jobs and so were sustainable, which was now the main plank of Government policy. The pending appeal could go into all the matters at greater length than could the committee, which had several new members. "Appli­ cations like this are so complex that it is tar better that they are consid­ ered at an inquiry," declared Coun. Sowter, alleging that some of the points made in the consultation process were plain wrong. He did not think they had got


"Berlin Wall" developing between the two parts of the community in


the area. Coun. Jenny Grimes (Billington)


supported Coun. Sowter's view that the application be refused, or deferred, but their stance was branded "nothing short of astonish­ ing" by Coun, Frank Dyson (Clitheroe). He declared: "I believe we have a


duty to make up our own minds" and said th a t leaving it to an inquiry inspector risked losing con­ trol of the issue and ending up with a less favourable decision than they could have made themselves. Coun. Dyson accepted that they


had hoped th a t there would be more industry on the site to help make the development more sus­ tainable, but the employment rate was low, other areas could offer grants, and the road system was


inadequate. Coun. Stephen Sutcliffe


many concessions from the devel­ opers, and also felt that there was a


(Clitheroe) felt th a t there were many questions about the plan, but delegation to the Chief Executive was approved by a majority on a


vote. was refused help at pumps


A DISABLED driver has accused a Clitheroe petrol station of discriminating against her and


others by failing to help her fill her tank. Former Clitheroe resi- dant said it was company


dent Mrs E. C. Johnston, of St Andrews, Fife, had been visiting family in the town when she realised she needed petrol. She had visited the BP


policy not to leave the kiosk, although he said he would have helped her when he had an available


moment. Manager of the petrol


Roundabout Garage, in Chatburn Road, a t the Bank Holiday weekend with her 15-year-old niece, who filled the petrol tank for her, as she is unable to do i t herself, but when she returned a few weeks later, with her 10-year-old son, she claims the attendant refused to help them. Mrs Johnston said: "My


son was told the attendant was too busy and, anyway, he couldn't leave the till. I then knew I had a problem. I had two options: to tele­ phone my sister, or go to the petrol station at Chatburn. "I was very aware that I


was congesting the fore­ court, so decided on the lat­


ter." The family drove on, only


to discover both the garages at Chatburn and Gisburn were closed. They decided to carry on north, but ran out of petrol in the middle


of nowhere. Mrs Johnston's sister


later complained to the garage, and the same atten-


Computer theft


I THIEVES stole a lap top computer from a Range Rover parked in Bolton-by-


Bowland. The computer, a Toshiba


worth £350, was in the lug­ gage compartment of the 1 vehicle.


Blood donors


I THE National Blood Ser­ vice is seeking donors for its visit to Clitheroe on Thurs


day, June 24th. 1 The venue, as usual, is the


Allcare scoops a national award for training quality


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s tation, Mr Raymond Williamson, said he was ] extremely sorry for any inconvenience caused to Mrs Johnston and stressed that the attendant, who has worked a t the garage for many years, had told her | son he would help when he had a gap in service. He added: "It was a very |


busy time when the lady visited. She chose not to wait, but to go to another 1 garage. Our crime was that we were open when the other two were closed." Mr Williamson said the


experienced attendant was maintaining health and safety regulations by not leaving the control point unattended, but added that the garage has a number of regular disabled customers, who are helped in the same way Mrs Johnston would have been if she had waited. Mrs Johnston's sister has


since contacted Ribble Val­ ley MP Nigel Evans to help challenge the garage's com­ pany policy.


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