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Village hall plans: still no agreement
by Julie Wintle
•A GROUP of Slaidburn res idents are determined to fight plans to develop a new village hall, which they say is unsympathetic and out of character with their small picturesque village. And the residents, who call
themselves the Slaidburn Con servation Group, have disputed claims made by the Slaidburn Property Trust that its propos als are supported by an over whelming number of residents. The Trust has submitted
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numerous sets of plans during the past five years to convert the former Methodist chapel and school room, which over look the village green, but none has met with both the approval of planners as well as local resi dents. Back in November, an appli
cation by the Trust was with drawn after Ribble Valley plan ners said they were unlikely to approve plans that proposed to demolish the chapel and school room, and build a new village hall from scratch. Despite the la tes t plans
proposing to keep the existing chapel and chapel house facade with the only new build to the rear with the demolition of the Sunday School, local residents are still dissatisfied. Their main complaints are th a t their views have been
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ignored a t public meetings arranged by the Trust, the size and scale of the building is not in keeping with the area and includes using land not owned by the Trust, the building includes a number of large glass panels at the back of the build ing overlooking the green which are out of character with the building’s other windows and that the plans include extend ing the building and forming a car park area on a known flood plain. “What’s the meaning of all
this glass in a conservation area? We don’t want it to look like some kind of superstore. It is just not in keeping with our village,” commented one group member. They added: “When you look
at the building from the green it will look massive. We don’t want the village ruined. We want to keep with the tradi tional look of the village.” The question of how the
Trust was going to sustain such a large village hall facility was also raised. The group pointed out that
there were already village halls at Dunsop Bridge and Newton, with a third in the process of being built at Tosside, which provided many facilities for local people. “As soon as it’s up and run
ning it’s going to start losing money,” one member of the group said.
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They also queried what would happen to the building if it proved not to be financially viable. The group has drawn up its
own plans, which they say sym- pathetically refurbish the chapel and school room, while keeping to the footprint of the original building and maintain ing its character. “The Property Trust had the
chance to build something spe cial here that fits in with the
village, but they just seem to be wanting to make a statement with it. “We would all like to see a
new village hall and are not being awkward when we raise these objections, we just want something right - right for local residents and right for the vil lage,” a group spokesman added. Comments on the plans must
be submitted to the local plan ning authority - Ribble Valley
Borough Council - no later than sent a letter which is printed on tomorrow, April 16th.
® A representative from newspaper, responding to this Slaidburn Property Trust has article. See page 16.
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