( -Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 12 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 7th, 2002
Change of haulage garage to house fecommendation
TH ER E would be gain for the commu nity if a Ribchester haulage garage was replaced by a house, say local planning officers.
- . Tonight's meeting of
. for a house on the site.of an existing livestock haulage garage at Green- side, Ribchester.'
the Ribble Valley Bor ough Council Planning and Development Com mittee is being recom mended to approve Mr A. Proctor's application
does not object, but has expressed reservations about the design of the; house, bearing in mind, the adjacent old cot-i tages.
The parish council
also mentions this point, and suggests that priva-'
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tonight's meeting says that the design is appro priate and it is impor tant to have a variety of , both style and height of buildings in the area. > Windows which might have caused overlooking have now heen removed from the plan and a garage would, screen "other views. The site is brownfield land and within the settlement boundary, and the devel opment would result in the removal of heavy goods .traffic, giving environmental gain. ' The report says that
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the site could have pot e n t ia l for small scale employment, but has been actively marketed as a business premises for four months, with no success. Officials suggest a
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Borin a Castle jark group
FURTHER to Ribble Valley - Borough Council's request for public comments about pro posals for the Castle park grounds, I would like to make the following observations. ■ Engineering manager Mr
Graham Jagger recently, com mented that the present lack of letters means people are not interested, and thus it should be left entirely to the officers and councillors to do as they think fit.
range of conditions for any permission to cover issues such as access, pol lution, contamination and material choice.
sons is unable to attend the foyer of the town hall to inspect the plan, and Ribble Valley Borough Council oper ates primarily during office hours. Libraries do not regret tably have the mass through put of people to pick up the scant information on the pro posals for the park. The information available is
The public for many rea . : -
, Guides"should be employed who could take visitors around the grounds, supervis ing the youth who visit the park and encouraging them to become involved in the devel opment of the grounds, and be
areas which once held a pride of place for every authority. ■
. part of its future. Too much emphasis is being placend on security cameras, and not on the "people, economic, welfare and social" problems. The guides could also pro
park designated to promote a ' mini garden festival during the summer months? Every opportunity should be made- to encourage the expansion of the park and not to downsize its true worth and operational potential. In Lancaster, Williamson
Why not have parts of the
very basic and not very infor mative and I, along with oth ers, would like to see public meetings arranged in order to allow further discussion. Tours of the park should be organised, combined with practical and detailed obser vations as opposed to just a, visual plan on a board with a minimum of words on a small piece of paper. Ribble Valley Borough
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Council should offer every opportunity for the communi ty to become involved in such major projects and, if this means the respective council lors going into every ward, then this should be offered. The toilets on Woone Lane
. Clitheroe's history. ”, Simon Entwistle, who does such a marvellous job with the > ghost walks, should be employed on a full-ime basis to co-ordinate and promote historic walks through the ages. Different themes could be presented to encourage more tourists to the area and focusing on the Castle keep as its main attraction. The present buildings
vide tours of Clitheroe as part of their duties, and perhaps during the main holiday peri ods wear costumes relevant to
utilised by the council could be used as an extension to the ' present museum with a stylish cafe or restaurant. Serious consideration
should be given to upgrading the sporting facilities, such as an artificial turf sports pitch with floodlights. STOMP should be invited
to present its views. More consultation should
be undertaken regarding the War Memorial, and I hope tha t the Royal British Legion's view will be sought on this important matter. The present bowling facili
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need modernising,, the skate park needs to be indoors with an outdoor alternative and effective lighting, as just a couple of immediate exam ples. The people of Clitheroe and
Park was in a terrible condi tion not too many years ago but, with the right manage ment, foresight, perseverance and long reaching financial funds being obtained, it has turned the comer. They even promote plays in the park, which have proved to be pop ular, and there is no reason why Clitheroe could not be even more successful. A trim trail could be incor
dants of those who died for their opinions before spending huge amounts of money, money which would be better spent elsewhere or not spent at all (i.e. reduce taxes), or is this just a ploy to get rid of the war memorial and clear a . space for some future project?
JOHN LOFTHOUSE, . Corporation Street, Clitheroe.
top of, how we should spend other people's money and even things evangelical would be a start. So please let there be a pow
wow with the LCC District Big Chief of Youth Services and let's get things "sorted”!
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Robinson sets the record straight on page 9 - Editor.
Disapproval
porated into the park, and a mountain bike facility for the youth. I understand that a butter
fly house is under considera tion, and perhaps this, com bined with a greenhouse for tropical plants, could be a practical proposition. One of the buildings around
• Edisford. Local people wanted the hangar demolished and removed. This would make space for the planned pitches if they were essential. ■ In spite of strong protests
of the gods THE borough council planned to build floodlit pitches along side the monstrous hangar at
the Castle keep could be utilised for educational use, promoting'the environment and green issues, with projects linking with the local schools. The park should he an inte
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and petitions, and also person al protest letters to which the council replied in a very offi cious and demeaning manner, construction work began at the beginning of February. From day one, the rain has
gral part of the community, and a focal point for the town. It would be all too easy to just flatten everything and install cameras at every vantage point - then perhaps, this is the master plan! ■ I do hope Ribble Valley*
the Ribble Valley should be encouraged to form a "Friends of the Castle Park" group which could apply for charita ble status and thus be able to attract much-needed addi tional funding for years to come. This group could integrate
ties should certainly be' improved and consideration given to the present members to see if another green is need ed. Would a multi-purpose indoor bowling centre for the long winter months not be a possibility? Given our weath er this would certainly be used virtually all year round! Investment is certainly
needed to provide additional flowers, plants and trees to make the park something spe cial and worthy of the Ribble Valley. Why not become a town
much-needed care and atten tion back into a vital green area long since neglected, as Ribble Valley Borough Coun cil, as with many other coun cils, downgraded these park
Borough Council will arrange public meetings and park vis its at the weekend and evenings - but this, of course, falls outside normal working hours!
M. DIACK, Alexandra Road, Lancaster.
Just a ploy at
war memorial COUN. ROBINSON might find it a bit difficult to find the funds to move the war memorial to the Castle gate. I think it would create a
renowned for growing a vari ety of roses cared for and looked after by sections of the community under the spon sorship banner of nurseries based in and around the Rib ble Valley?'
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man as anecdotes from his just-published biography, "No Ordinary Man". The book details the life of his Blackpool-born barrister father, Mr George Carman QC, who died last year. Mr Carman was joined on the speakers' platform
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the backdrop of the sky, the Castle keep and garden, is per fect. Why not ask the descen
• last week in developing a vac cine. The Government says a viable vaccine could still be years off. It is about time this mass
lovely badgers I THOUGHT that the badger was one of the most loved of our native wild animals and was protected from harm by law, yet according to a report in the press 20,000 badgers are to be "needlessly slaughtered", the National Federation of Badger Groups has warned. The Government cull has been ordered because the animals are considered a major cause of TB in cattle. I t will go ahead despite a breakthrough
teemed down almost inces santly and this has been accompanied by gales. For a little variety we have
'gods also disapprove of the council's arcane scheme?
LOW MOOR RESIDENT (name and address supplied).
Astonishing
youth loss IT is astonishing that Trinity has lost its core value project of a youth club. Diversification into other
areas and forming partner ships and focus groups with anything that is not nailed down would appear to be the cause. I t is apparently the Lan
had frost and snow. Lately, we have had severe gales and still more teemingrain. Are these signs tha t the
slaughtering of these beautiful creatures was stopped once and for all. How do we know that it is not cattle that are passing on the TB virus on to badgers? How many of the badgers killed actually have TB? In my view the Govern ment should leave the badgers alone (they have been perse cuted enough over the years) and concentrate more on get ting rid of the expanding pop ulation of rats which are much more of a health risk than Brock ever was.
G. HARDMAN, Mitton Road, Whalley.
Time to tax
dom on how we go about things in Clitheroe, what we demolish, what we build on
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cashire County Council Youth Service which has withdrawn the funding, although the Trinity boss is payrolled by the same body. Perhaps fewer words of wis
plastic bags WHEN are we in the United Kingdom going to follow the excellent example of the Irish Republic in charging for plas tic bags? These obnoxious items
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, Ski you I sweep
| MEMBERS of Pendle Ski - Club swept the board at the
" Youngsters from as far “ afield as Chester, Kendal, F Blackburn, Burnley and Clitheroe took part in the con test, which was held in the 1 Ribble Valley.
North West Schools’ Regional Championship on Saturday.
- A quartet from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School claimed the Under 19s mixed team title, as well as being named as the competition's
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.. overall individual winner. ,, Other champions were Pen- die Ski Club members David
, overall winner. The team con- t sisted of Claire Canalas, Bill Latham, Caroline Wyatt and Dan Wyatt, who was also the
, and Joanna Ryding and Peter ■' Williams, who claimed the
Motorspo talk for c club me
' AN ex-president of the Lancashire and
• Cheshire P h oto g ra p h ic Union, Mr John Smith, of
' Rochdale Camera Club, gave a ta lk
^entitled "Motor- sport" to Ribblesdale
, Camera Club. He is one of those peo-
-r ed collecting train num- .; bers and then watched stock cars, but always with a camera. After he had sent his
i pie who cannot do one „ thing at a time. He start-
destroy the environment, kill cattle, sheep, wild animals and birds. It is about time a lot of the excess packaging had a hefty tax.
MARTIN JAMES, ■'■ Grindlcton.
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'“ Often processing took half the night, only for . the relevant newspaper
used black and white photography, usually with the film upgraded to four times the manu- facturer's intentions.
pictures to the stadium over a period of time, he was asked to photogrph the races officially. In those early days he
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