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I In the article “Residents win I homes battle” in the January


.1 30theditionoftheAdver- II tiser, Councillor Stuart Hirst | is quoted as saying: “The •’■•■ | Planning Inspectorate has ■“ || dismissed the Waddow View | appeal due to the significant | highways problems likely to | be caused by a development of


| thissizeinthislocation.' v || “This is a direct challenge to | advice given by the Lancashire | Highways Authority that such | problems would be mini- | mal. Furthermore, the fact | that the highways authority || withdrew its objections at the | last minute left the borough | council’s planning commit- : 11 tee in the difficult position of | being unable to include traffic | congestion in its reasons for | refusal. | “Although the committee still refused the application, the .


| refusal was on far less robust | grounds and it is therefore unsurprising that subsequent legal advice suggested that


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In April/May 20131 was in


I correspondence with Jo Turton,Executive Director for the Environment at Lan­ cashire County Council(now acting Chief Executive) with responsibility for highways regarding a submission I had made to her about traffic con­ gestion in Clitheroe, in which I had criticised her department for withdrawing its objections to the Henthorn Road North and South and the Waddow View applications. In her letter to me dated May 17th 2013 she stated in her final paragraph: “It should be ' borne in mind that our reconi- mendationsto the planning authority form only a part of the planning authority’s


I considerations of a proposal. There are cases where a high­


way-related objection will be set aside because other factors of the development are suf­


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ficiently desirable and there are cases where the planning authoritywillpresentitsown' | highway-related grounds for refusing planning permis­ sion where Lancashire County Council,as the highway au­ thority, is content.” : ?' In view of that statement ... Coun. Hirst can in no way contend that the borough council’s hands were tied in ■ | an attempt to excuse the mis- ’ handling of these applications I


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| by the planning committee. | This conclusion is further bolstered by the fact that in ■ the case of the Standen ap— plication it would appear that; Jo Turton’s guidance was fol­ lowed to the letter bearing in mind that the LCC have seri­ ous reservations about access and egress to and from this site. In view of the aboveand the conflicting statements on traf­ fic issues made by the Strate­ gic Land Group, can I repeat what I said in a previous letter ' which you published, that the ■ Henthorn Road South outline planning approval should be


. revoked and construction work oh the Henthorn Road • North site should be suspend- ... ed until file traffic problems have been resolved. Andrew Moore,


Kenilworth Drive, Clitheroe CORESTRATEGY


Whilst I agree that allowing vast numbers of houses to


built in the Clitheroe area will have a devastating effect on the town’s infrastructure - the roads are severely congested, the post office already has long waiting times and the health services are under consider­ able strain already - 1 don’t think getting the plan over­ turned would actually make . the threat of excessive devel­ opment go away.


| I know ofone large land grab- bing company waiting in the


wings to see what happens in Clitheroe and if the Core Strat­ egy plan for Standen was over­ turned they would be back again with numerous plan­ ning applications for large 700+house developments in


various locations around Clit-' heroe.


I Controversial I know, but


surely it’s better the devil you know than the devil you don’t and maybe time to accept that


we are going to have houses built and that keeping them


in one place, close to the main A59 corridor which keeps the commuter traffic from having to travel across the town, will


atleaststop any further mass planning applications. If the powers-that-be could


actually make a sensible deci­ sion maybe the school could


be built before the houses


chaos. Otherwise we will end up with another Calderstones "


problem, with the promised • school never materialising. I


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start to go up again, helping to • prevent additional rush hour


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Clitheroe is no longer a great ■’ place to live and it is slowly ■ being destroyed by poor plan- • ning decisions, but at least if the Core Strategy is allowed to progress a line can be drawn


'under any more large scale ■ development, at least for a few years?


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miles to and from Clitheroe Health cerftre, at a time when '


their bus service has already


been severely reduced. The ' situation for those dwelling in outlying farms is even worse. -


| One such is so far beyond the ' Slaidburn surgery, along nar­


rowwinding rural roads, that ] they would face a round trip of over 33 miles to visit the doc- ' tor; with a doctor called upon':


RURAL HEALTHCARE


Slaidburn? The Government is remov- ' ing the Minimum Practice , Income Guarantee (MPIG) which is used to support small medical practices: , • /


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These are more expensive to run and I can quite under- - stand why, in these straitened times, the government’s wish: ■ is for NHS funding to be be used as efficiently as possible. The removal of the MPIG will almost certainly lead to the' ' closure of small one-doctor


I practices. In urban areas, pa- tients will be able to transfer to nearby practices with mini­ mal inconvenience but, the situation for patients from ru­ ral areas is far more serious. The Head of Primary Care 1 Commissioning for NHS Eng­ land has identified 98 “outlier”


| practices which will suffer the most substantial finan­ cial losses from the removal of


MPIG; so serious that some of them may be forced to close. Despite this he has announced that there will be no national solution to this problem. By *


contrast, the Scottish Govern­ ment has put the abolition of


MPIG on hold and the Welsh Government has guaranteed it will protect the practices that


will be hardest hit, such as sin­ gle-handed rural practices.


The total cost of MPIG is cur­ rently some £21 million. By 2021 this sum will have


been redistributed among all practices so that some will , actually be better off. The


cost of protecting the 98 rural practices that will be hardest hit must surely be only a small fraction of that £21 million. The local practice that will be


badly affected by all this is the


Slaidburn Country Practice which serves the people of the Hodder Valley. The practice has been told to seek a local solution, but apparently nei­ ther of the Clitheroe Practices is interested in a merger that


would keep Slaidburn open as a branch surgery.


Were the practice to close, the


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to make a home visit facing the samein reverse.Twouldimag- ine that the situation for peo-:


pie living in even more remote areas is.worse than this.


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The government cannot blame this on the law of unintended


. been made aware of the effects .of the removal of the MPIG,


rattier than going away to have a rethink, they have an­ nounced that they are not pre­


pared to find, let alone fund, a national solution. ’Anthony A Cooper,


I Peel Park Avenue, Clitheroe I KEEPITCLEAN


other users Since the formation of the Friends of Brungerley Parkin 2009, the group has worked ’ tirelessly to make improve­ ments and also create a family park which is more popular than ever. Every penny spent has had to be raised by the Friends, BUT - and you knew a “but” was coming - there is an


Please think of


increasing problem with dog • mess. • Last week, the gardeners had to remove a bucketful of dog faeces near the entrance before they could plant new


I rhododendrons. They also re­ moved some from the wooden mushrooms that children play


I on. Out of their own pockets, the gardeners regularly fill up; a row of bird feeders which they have put up for the bene­ fit of all.To fill them with seed is an obstacle course between dollops of dog mess. There are three dog bag disposal bins in the park, so please use them. We are asking every dog walk­ er to be thoughtfuland keep an eye on their dog when it is off the lead andnot go walk­ ing on ignoring any problems . their dog has left behind. Remember, the park is a place of work for some and for oth­ ers a recreation spot. Keep it safe for children and don’t spoil all our work. Please be Considerate and pick up after ■ your dog. Let others enjoy the •


park too. TheFriendsofBrungerley Park


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Community church . ;--i Last Sunday's service was


a veryjoyous meeting with a good discussion about the world today and why don’t ■ people go to church in hordes like half a century or more ago. .The result highlighted


a very good question: What can the old-fashioned church “that’s done it this way for ■ 50 years or more” offer a new-style populus of the 21st


.The community cafe bar


opened with a new full and comprehensive menu after its Christmas and New Year break. The Billington Com- - munity Cafe Bar, after having a small, but necessary makeo­ ver, had a pleasing visit from the Food Standards Agency at Ribble Valley Borough Council and was awarded a Food Hy­ giene rating of five. ;


CHATBURN


Film showing The film this month is The


Life of Pi, a four-times Acad­ emy award winner which will now be shown on February


. 18th and not the 11th as previ­ ously stated. The free film night is normally the second Tuesday of each month with ■ refreshments afterandallare welcome.


Tea and chat Anyone is welcome to


the monthly tea and chat get together from 2 to 4 pm on Tuesday February 18th at Chatburn Methodist Church offDownham Road. Admission is £1 to include


tea and cake. Whether you are 16 or 90 come along for a pleas­ ant couple of hours, everyone will be made most welcome.


GRINDLETON


London livery • The next Grindleton WI ...


meeting will be held at 7-30 pm tonight (Thursday, February 13th) at the Grindleton Pavil-i ion when Mr Mike Bartie will


■ give a talk entitled “The city of London Livery Companies”. The competition is for a swan


(in any form). . At the previous meeting on


January 9th, Mrs Liz Parkin­ son gave an illustrated account of Mongolian craft work, and brought many examples along


to the delight of the mem- bers.Afishandchipsupper • ,


was served. Prospective new members are always welcome at meetings. '


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Education Sunday . . .Thererwill be no s e r v ic e :


in St Ambrose Church this Sunday, and members of the %


' congregation are invited to. join the pupils of Grindle- ,


Please j'oin us for our grand opening where


Jack from "jacks journey" will be officially opening the shop.We are fundraising on the


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- day for Brain Tumour Research and Support • CHARITY FUNDRAISING INCLUDING RAFFLE • TOMBOLA . ;


The Vikings are coming... for a day!


JuniorpupilsatWhalleyPrimarySchool travelled back to Viking times by dressing and living like them for a day.


ing-playedVikinggamesandwentonaraid towinprizesofsilver.Theywentintothein- fant assembly to show offtheir costumes and


After researching Viking life they produced share facts, and finally sat around the fire costumes, swords, shields, brooches, hel- mets and rune stones.


telling Viking sagas, Teacher Suzanne Nutter said: “They loved


AndontheirVikingDaytheymadebiscuits learning about the Vikings and made a real anddrinks-whichtheydecidedwererevolt- effortwiththeircostumesonVikingday.”


ton and BoIton-by-Bowland Primary Schools for a special . service for Education Sunday in St Peter and St Paul’s * Church, Bolton-by-Bowland at 11-15 am.


HARROFFOLD


Fellowship On Sunday last the Rev.


Kevin Logan was welcomed for the first time. Kevin spoke on thejoy we have as Christians, and how from when we are forgiven and come to Him, He gives us the ability to be able to love and cope with the situ­ ations and people that come our way. We have thejoy of The Lord in our hearts. On Thursday the House ■


Group/Bible Study will be at the home of a Blackburn • member. Next Sunday at 2 pm the Fellowship will welcome the Rev. Norman Green, of Blackburn.


HURSTGREEN


Indoor car boot sale Hurst Green Bowling Club


is holding a fleamarket and ■ indoor car boot sale at the Memorial Hall on Sunday, February 23rd, from 9 am.1 Home-made refreshments ; . will be available. This event -; is held twice yearly and has been the bowling club’s main , fund-raiser for more than 20 • years. The new season opens •. on March 16th. ,,


Cooljazz The Mark Lewis Trio and > ■


Friends are appearing tonight (Thursday, February 13 th) at The Bayley Arms, playing some cooljazz standards. while'friends wine and dine and enjoy a freejazzy atmos­ phere, organised in coopera­ tion with Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues. . ■ ■ ..


Coffee Stop The next meeting is


Monday February 17th at St John’s Old School, then the first meeting in March will be linked to Fairtrade fortnight and will be an extra special meeting taking place at the Memorial Hall. All are - welcome and the pupils from. St Joseph’s School will be visit- ing. Hurst Green is working towards becoming a Fairtrade village and this event will be in support of that process.. . ■,


Annual Meal The annual meal and social


get-together for anyone over 65 who lives in or around Hurst Green will be on Friday February 21st at 7-30 pm at the Memorial Hall. There will be a three-course meal and enter­ tainment. If you wish to go, - contact Barbara Herd 826350 or Margaret Carrington . 826095.


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Open Gardens i: It is hoped to run an Open


Gardens event in the village.. on July 11th and 12th. In the. ; past this has been a great i - fund-raiser for the Memorial - Hall and has attracted many • visitors to the village, /.v >. -v.


To run the event, volun­


teers are needed to open their • gardens and allow members of the public to visit. Those who would consider


openingtheirgardensare - asked to get in touch with Gill McDonnell 826378 to discuss any questions and queries. ■..


KNOWLE GREEN


Lunchtime concert: The lunchtime concert at


the village hall today (Thurs­ day February 13th) will feature soprano Judy Glendinning. The concert the following Thursday (February 20th) will feature Paul Greenhalgh on piano making a welcome return visit to Knowle Green. Paul was awarded the Morfydd' Owen Prize and the Harlech Television Prize whilst he was studying at Cardiff University. To book for the concerts, telephone GST Concerts on 01200 425629. Admission to .. the lunchtime concerts is £15 including luncheon or £10 concert only.


Memorial luncheon The annual memorial


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luncheon at Knowle Green : Village Hall will be held this ■ year on Sunday March 2nd,-*., with luncheon served from - 12-30 pm and with entertain­ ment by local Lancashire folk! group “Doc Harvey and The;/-" Philistans”. ' . ' ; .Tickets costing £12.50 can * be obtained by phoning 01254 ■


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