The Clitheroe imes Thursday, June 30th, 2011 No. 6,507 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Price 75p a I home new ‘village^? a l|5 0 0 by Duncan Smith £ « Wgffi” HISTORIC: One of the piers at Whalley Arches is under threat of sinking, (s) Picture: Richard Cousens Repairs needed for Whalley Arches by Faiza Afzaal


LANCASHIRE’S longest railway viaduct — The Whalley Arches — is set to undergo structural repairs after one of its arches


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constructed in 1846, carries trains be­ tween Clitheroe and Manchester. How­ ever, one of its 49 arches has started to


started to sink into the ground. The busy Victorian viaduct, which was


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slip because wooden pillings have rotted. Engineers from Network Rail have


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ed on three possible options for residential development. The first concentrated most new housing in Clitheroe, with the remainder spread across


Council is currently seeking to formulate its Core Strategy as part of a wider Local Develop­ ment Framework - a guide to how and where the borough could develop. Last year the council consult­


as a possible basis for Ribble Valley Borough Council’s new long-term planning blueprint - its Core Strategy - could see 1,950 new homes built on land at Barrow, massively JBcreasing its size. Ribble Valley Borough


A NEW “village” of 1,500 houses could be built on farmland between the A59 and the southern edge of Clitheroe - that’s one pos­ sible option of how Ribble Valley might accommodate close to 3,000 neV homes before 2028. Another option proposed


options, the new consultation presents five new options (A to E), one of which could ef-


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options from last year, al­ though the numbers are slight­ ly different due to the shifting timescale which now proposes a 20-year Core Strategy “back­ dated” to 2008 and running until 2028. well as the three original


officers went back to the draw­ ing board to come up with a range of more detailed options for a new public consultation, beginning this week. It includes the original three


were received, but none of the three options were popu­ lar, with a third of those who responded instead wanting an alternative “option four”, but with no clear picture emerging of what that should be. In the light of that, council


Longridge, Whalley and the borough’s villages. The second concentrated the bulk of new housing in Longridge and the third saw the biggest number spread across the villages. Just under 4,000 comments


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