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www.eastlaiicashireonlina Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.eastlancashireonlme.co.uk 16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 2nd, 2001


Residents unite in battle over plan to build modern home


• by Rebecca Wright .l?.3


THE controversial bid by prop­ erty developer Mr Gerald Hit­ man to build a large £2m. house of very contemporary design in open countryside at Wiswell is turning into a major battle. Villagers from five adjacent com­


___ . . Wiswell Parish Council members > . I << __*1______ 1_____ A A , ,n i .M r h n n c o c in n n n n f n i i n l r


voted unanimously against the plan­ ning application at its July meeting. It is claimed that the proposed


country house will not be visible from Wiswell village and does not have road access from there. Residents of Read, Simonstone and


Sabden are also backing the cam­ paign against the competition-win­


munities and all the nearest neigh­ bours are uniting to fight the ambi­


tious scheme. M r Hitman says it would be a


"truly outstanding contemporary property" on the hillside facing Sab-


den valley. Forty objections have been lodged '


at Ribble Valley Borough Council's planning office, protesting against the proposed development, close to sites of archaelogical, historical and wildlife significance, and bordering an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. All neighbouring residents, farmers


and businesses, including Whalley Golf Club, are supporting the cam­ paign against the "New Lawston- steads" project. The site lies on the Wiswell-Whalley parish border and is a short distance from the Sabden parish boundary.


ning design. ' The Hitmans want to build the large "21st Century" house on an existing rock outcrop, that is on a plot of around 50 acres of land they bought when Lawtonsteads Farm at


Whalley was sold off. The Rbyal Institute of British


Architects ran a competition for the design of a contemporary country house on the site, attracting 58 entries from many leading practices. Judges chose North-West born pair Mr Frank Lyons and Mr Peter Skerrett


as winners. Landscaping and over half a mile of


roadway are also in the planning'


application. Stringent government guidelines permit the construction of isolated


country houses in open countryside, provided the design and development meet strict criteria. Campaigner Mr Eric Palmer, who


was lived in the area most of his life, says: "If the Hitmans are allowed to build their eyesore on this beautiful site, then the precedent it will set will have very far-reaching consequences for the Ribble Valley countryside." This week M r Hitman told the


Advertiser and Times: "The District Local Plan recognises that the coun­ try house, set in its own parkland, is a typical feature of this part of the Rib­ ble Valley, adding to its aesthetic quality and appeal. "Our intention is to contribute to


this tradition by adding the very best that our generation has to offer. Cen­ tral government has issued planning guidelines to encourage such contri­ butions, provided they are of the very


highest quality." It is expected that the planning


application will be considered on Sep­ tember 13th. If the council approves it, the decision will have to be submit­ ted to the Government for its view, as it would be a departure from the local


plan. & ft a jews from the Villages SIMONSTONE


Local research President Mrs Pam Jelley


introduced guest speaker Mrs Susan Halstead at the meet­ ing of Simonstone with Read WI. Mrs Halstead has served 27 years in 26 libraries in Lancashire and gave a fasci­ nating account of reference libraries and local history. A mine of information is


accessible to anyone wishing to research any subject, no matter how challenging. She brought along several well- used almanacks and histori­ cal photographs and maps. It would appear that the Internet has not yet replaced


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these treasures! A competition for the most


interesting Lancashire memento was won by Mrs Pat Keighley, Mrs Betty Eddleston and Mrs Eleanor


Treadwell. At the next meeting on


August 16th, Miss M. David­ son's illustrated talk will be about her "Visit to the


Antarctic". This is an open evening when everyone will be most welcome.


Garden shop Simonstone Garden Club


shop will be open on Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon.


Anniversary The family Communion


service in St Peter's Church, Simonstone, on Sunday morning, will be held at 10- 30 a.m. and will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the start of the Mothers' Union.


WHALLEY


Abbey winners Whist winners at the


Abbey senior citizens' drive, in Whalley, were: Ladies -


Mrs E. Charnley, Mrs S. Partington, Mrs G. Walmsley


(cons). ' Gents - Mrs M. Naylor,


Mr J. Wooff, Mrs II. Holt


(cons). Dominoes: Mrs. M.


Maden, Mrs J. Peel, Mr F. Peel (cons).


C L ITH ER O E 'S greenest fingered allotment tenants have had the fruits of their labour rewarded. Town Mayor Coun. Mrs Mary Robinson presented


the town council cup, a cer­ tificate and £25 cash prize to M r A. Fisher, who was judged to be the best allot­ ment keeper in the garden category for his plot in West View. The winner for the past


two years, M r D. Turner, who keeps an allotment in I-Iayhurst Street, was run­ ner-up, while 1997 winner


M r D. Cowgill was third and Mr J. Blackledge high­


ly commended. Both have West View allotments. In the pigeon category,


first prize was awarded to Mr J. Winterbottom for his West View loft. In second place was last year's winner, Mr W. Frankland, and in


third, Mr M. Brower, who also both have West View allotments. Our photo shows the


Mayor handing Mr Fisher his cup. (T230701/2) • ALLOTMENT ten


ants are to have a new financial year. Instead of paying their


annual rent on April 1st they are to be billed from October 1st.


Clitheroe traders are all ready to sparkle as shopkeepers launch their Christmas lights campaign


WITH 145 days from now until Christmas Eve, the festive season cannot come soon enough for a group of Clitheroe traders who want the town to sparkle like never before. Shopkeepers in York


Street are about to launch a campaign to have Clitheroe's Christmas lights and festive decora­ tions extended into their area.


Explained campaign


founder Mrs Annette Chit- ty, proprietor of Maison interiors store, which opened in May: "I think many Clitheroe traders have been hit by the foot and mouth crisis in that tourist numbers have been down in spring through to summer. "We therefore need to


look forward to better times such as Christmas. Yet, traders in York Street have previously been isolated in


that Clitheroe's Christmas lights run out before they reach here. Shops in Moor Lane, King and Castle Streets and Wellgate have lights but, because they do not extend to York Street, shoppers may be put off. They may think there are no shops worth visiting in York Street, which is far from the case." Initial campaign efforts


will target Clitheroe Town Council. While Clitheroe


Chamber of Trade will donate £500 towards the cost of this year's lights, the town council is the major benefactor. It is set to put £1,000 in


a festive lights fund, as well as organise a mailshot ask­ ing local companies to dig deep to decorate the town. A council spokesman said: "Providing the money is available, I cannot see why York Street traders should not have lights. It's all a question of funding."


National president is guest of honour


ROTARIANS from clubs all around the region were guests of the Clitheroe Club at the Moorcock Hotel, Waddington. The meeting was for the visit to the


area of the national president, Mr David Liddiatt, of Bristol. He thanked the local members for


Church roof work to start


W O RK on repairs to the roof of St Paul's Church, Low Moor, Clitheroe, is due to start soon with the appeal target well in sight and the work given, to a local contractor. The church has already


received or been promised close to £37,000 towards the target of £40,000.


Meeting cancelled


T H E meeting of Hodder Valley Show Committee due to take place at Newton Village Hall on Tuesday has been cancelled.


•their hospitality, and emphasised the number of different projects Rotary is undertaking round the world. Drug abuse, sight improvements,


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water supplies, cultural exchanges and international co-operation are all


undertaken in a spirit of goodwill, emphasised the president.


More and more people are being drawn into the Rotary movement,


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which now includes women: Mr Liddiatt is pictured, third from


the left, with, from the left, local Rotarians Frank Barnes, Derek Stut-


tard and David Medcalf. (K190701/4)_______ _


Ex-Stonyhurst College pupil at centre of TV programme row


JUST after this newspa­ per wrote that former Stonyhurst College pupils are shining in many spheres throughout the world, one really attracted the full glare of publicity. It is 20 years since Chris


Morris left the college - and for much of that time he has been a controversial, establishment-teasing fig­


ure in radio and television. This week his Channel 4


“Brass Eye” programme parodying the media's treatment of paedophilia brought widespread con­ demnation. As the days went on,


national media interest increased and by yesterday it was inevitable that there was at least one reference to the recent indecency trials


concerning Stonyhurst Col­ lege. M r Morris was not


involved in these. The condemnation for his


latest programme was on a different scale to the acri­ mony caused by previous escapades involving fake news broadcasts, imaginary drugs and alleged blas­ phemies when interviewing


Cliff Richard. If there were many peo­


ple who agreed with M r Morris that dark humour and conning prominent peo­ ple is necessary to complain about the present approach to paedophilia, they kept rather silent. It is not known what con­


nection, if any, Mr Morris now has with Stonyhurst College. He lives in Brixton with his actress partner and their two young children.


One newspaper quoted a


friend as saying that he liked to cause chaos and confusion, then disappear­ ing for days or weeks. "He likes to work in an atmos­ phere of panic" — which many people will feel he cer­ tainly did not learn at Stonyhurst. Several key broadcasting personalities are Stonyhurst


old boys. Previous generations pro­


duced such people as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and actor Sir Charles Laughton. There is time for M r


Morris to become as famous as them and it appears pos­ sible. For supporters were this week comparing his genius to that of Hogarth and Swift in previous cen­ turies!


Trading standards warning over damp-proofing ‘conmen’


TRADING standards officers want to hear from people in the Ribble Val­ ley who have been hit by damp-proofing conmen. It is feared there are com­


panies operating in the area offering damp-proof cours­ es which may be unneces­


sary and overpriced. Lancashire Trading


Standards Department has released the scenario load­


ing to the "sting." The company will tele­


phone, offering a free damp check. If accepted, a "sur­ veyor" calls and carries out a check with a damp meter which registers damp in the property. A salesman calls and


offers a 25% discount if the householder signs on the day and pays a deposit. The following day con­


tractors arrive and drill holes in the outside walls of the property. Trading Standards offi­


cers suspect that the con­


tractor fails to inject effec­ tive damp-proofing chemi­


cals. Those to whom the sce­


nario sounds familiar should call the consumer hotline on 0845 600 1352. County Coun. Brian


Johnson, Cabinet member with responsibility for-con- sumer affairs, advised peo­ ple to always call in an independent surveyor to check for damp and advise on the best kind of treat­ ment.


Always first with ail your LOCAL news — the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times every Thursday


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Harvest festival will


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be low key A R IB B L E V A L L E Y vicar has announced that harvest festival services this year will be lower-key affairs. The Rev Mark Russell-


Smith, priest-in-charge of Slaidburn and 'Tosside, an area right in the middle of the foot and mouth crisis, writing in his parish maga­ zine, said: "Normally, we look back over the year, grateful that we have got through it without too


much hassle. "Yet hassle is too mild a


word for what we have been through this year. . "The anxieties of the last


few months have taken their toll. People are exhausted .. . . people are also angry, bewildered, fearful, res­ igned, and living from one day to the next, unable to


think ahead. "When September comes


we usually have Harvest Services, singing about all being ’safely gathered in.' But this year all .is not safe­ ly gathered in. Fields are


I empty of flocks and herds, and will be for some months


I yet. "So how can we celebrate


Harvest?" he asks. M r Russell-Smith tells


his parishioners: "Indeed, there are many who wonder how we can sing anything, when we would rather sit down and weep with anger


and anxiety." In their Harvest Services,


he says, they-will aim to acknowledge the pain and sorrow of the past year, but also look forward."So the services will be in a lower key," he added.


One extra councillor


E V ER Y O N E will have to squeeze up a little in the Ribble Valley Borough Council Chamber - but not until 2003. Local Government Min­


ister Alan Whitehead has signed the order for changes to the 24 wards which make up the borough. All but three of the wards


have been modified and there will be 40 councillors instead of 39, because 16 wards will in future be rep­ resented by two members and eight wards by one member. The fine tuning is hap­ pening all over Lancashire


as a result of the Local Gov- eminent Cominission


report last year. The changes come into


effect for the borough coun­ cil elections which take place in the spring of 2003.


CLAIMS that a house pro­ posed for Avenue Road,


House plans approved


I Hurst Green, would be too large have been rejected by council officials. Ribble Valley Borough


Council's Planning and Development Committee


approved plans.' A report said that the


design paid due regard to


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