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Since the. introduction of the National Planning Policy Framework, the voting sys­ tem operated by Ribble Valley Borough Council’s planning. committee has become noth­ ing more than a farce and is wasting the resources of the i council in terms of time and costs.’;


’ . - The.plarining committee,


chaired by a Whalley council­ lor, comprises three Clitheroe councillors and 12 who I shall term “rural” councillors. . '• ■ .Of the 12, only three rep­


resent wards which have a contiguous-boundary with the! township' of Clitheroe, i.e. Waddington, Whalley and Wiswell, which leaves nine whose wards could not be adversely affected by a large scale development in any of the Clitheroe wards. So the voting is heavily


weighted in favourofthecoun- eillors representing the rural wards, which is now work­ ing to a great disadvantage


As I See It... by Andrew Moore


for the residents of Clitheroe. :■ Totaketheexampleofare-


cent case which came before the committee - that of Stand- en - the voting was as follows: three Clitheroe councillors plus two rural councillors voted against, whilst nine rural councillors! of which only three represented wards which had a contigu­ ous boundary with Clitheroe, voted in favour.- ■ t . - Asimilarsituationarosein


the case of the Henthorn Road South application. No-one can be so complete­


ly naive as to contend that the “NIMBY” factor did not carry these votes and there is little doubt that the rural council­ lors will continue to vote in this manner on the assump­ tion that if most of the hous­ ing development required by


the core strategy takes place in Clitheroe, their wards will not be subject to unwanted development. Howcan this system ofvot-


ing now be considered unbi­ ased, just and democratic? . 1 As things stand, Clithe­


roe will take a disproportion­ ate amount of the housing required by the NPPF/core strategy, which its infrastruc­ ture is incapable of sustaining, to the great disadvantage of the current residents. To redress this situation


a new system of voting is re­ quired and I would suggest something along the lines of the following: When an ap­ plication for outline planning approval in a Clitheroe ward is submitted only those coun­ cillors representing Clithe­ roe wards should be allowed to vote.* Those representing


rural wards should be denied the vote, except that those councillors represent­


ing wards with a contiguous boundary with Clitheroe would be allowed a vote if they could present a substantial case that the proposed devel­ opment would have a signif­ icant adverse effect on their ward.


It is also my contention


that planning officers should not make a recommendation to the committee, but should simply give their expert advice on the pros and cons of an application to the council­ lors concerned. Only in this way can the residents of Clitheroe haye


their views and wishes heard, considered and acted upon and their democratic rights restored. In view of the situation as


I have described it, my view is that the residents of Clitheroe and the Town Council should make their feelings known in no uncertain terms - and


. insist that this injustice be rectified.


Author star attraction at charity’s 'homecoming’ Wilpshire-based charity,


Child Action Northwest is staginga “homecoming” - -; • eventforitspatron,Black- bum-bom author Josephine Cox. - To mark the publication of . her 50th title, “The Runaway j Woman”, she will be hosting ‘Aneveningwith.v.”event at


the Thwaites Empire v : Theatre, Blackburn, on


Thursday, February 13th, - when she will be in conversa-'


tionwithBBC Radio Lanca­ shire’s Joe Wilson. 1 " " The charity’s chief execu- - tive, Sue Cotton, explained:.. : Since becoming a patron •


Josephine has been a great ■ ’ assetto us. . _. ~ *.


“She has connected with our mission to helpthemostvul-L nerable families in thisarea because of her oW family


' ■


“She was the first person to purchase a copy of our new historybookaboutBlack- bum Orphanage,'“James , ’ Dixon’s Children”, and wrote ‘ to ustosay howdelighted she was that the work of our ' '


: founder had been recog-- • nisedin this way.” "


r The evening begins at 7-30 pmandwillincludeslides : from old Blackburn,. aQ&Asessionwiththeau- . dience and, at Josephine’s


- request, some songs to take the audience down memory ’ lane.


This will be followed by a .• book signing and a chance to


'meet Josephine in the thea-j* trebar.


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You can book tickets, priced ■ atfiio, by contacting the ';


background and experience - of poverty.- ”


’•• • ,;.y . ;


r Thwaites Empire Theatre ' . ■ .on 01254 685500 or online at - - www.thwaitesempire : ? u ' theatre.co.uk


' THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Josephine Cox LOOKING SACK


100YEARSAG0 Boiled and spoiled?


HOUSEWIVES WHO DEPEND upon large supplies


Helping local businesses for over 20 years.


from the milkman are somewhat perturbed over Iheargumentastowhetherthe boiling ofmilk-. • destroys it’s nutritive value. Medical opinion is by no means unanimous and it can even be said, divided, ■ butseems inclined to support Mr Robert Manning, . y who.afterconcludingexhaustiveexperiments,-. tv.; dedares.that boiled milkis useless fbrdomestic and! rooking purposes-that is as regards itls food value. : He believes that the living organisms in milk (which; ; are destroyed by boiling) are essential to it's nutritive qualitiesandsays that there isnoteveriatinybit • «


more nourishment in a glass of boiled milk than in a glass of water.”'


50 YEARS AGO Letter to the editor


-behind the times in dress and behaviour. I have , come to Clitheroe from a city on a working holiday, and really, the difference between the two places' Is fantastic. In the city atthe moment boysare


MAYISUGGEST to the youth of Clitheroe that as ■ forward fortheyare already atleastthreeyears


25 YEARS AGO Supermarket drinks


; . s h ort Beaties style and girls have their hair slinky and


•..unbackcombed andwearbootsorlowheeledshoes.' _.giln Clitheroe, mostof theyoung people could have ' '• stepped straight from ascene in an early Tommy ■ Steele Rock n Roll film. Some individuals are*hice - but in their groups, they are hard-faced and cheeky."


“LETTERS WILL BE sent to the licensing magistrates, the Ribble Valley MP and the management of the new Tesco supermarket expressing concern atTesco's policy of selling intoxicants through the checkout till. The matter was debated atthe recent Clitheroe town council meeting .where the councillors heard that initially the supermarket’s application to do this was rejected by the town’s magistrates, however, on appeal to the high court, the original decision was overturned. ‘Ail the other supermarkets in Clitheroe have shops within shops,'said Coun. Jones. The councilseemedworriedthatyoungsterswould either illegally buy alcohol or underage till girls would illegailysellit."


' ‘ -W- "7”ishee - / Washee, ,. « / « / DickWhit-


: . W V tingtonand w ' W the Broker’s


Man... as a former comic I use to be in pantomime this time of year playing these various characters. With not doing panto- :


mime any more, I miss the • rapport and the camara-


• derie that you would share with the audiences - espe­ cially when something hap­ pened unexpectedly that was not in the script. The ■ whole audience was in on it, they shared this moment of joy and surprise. I remember once being


on stage when a lady an- • rived


late to take her seat, I said: “You’re late!”. She said: “I’ve been at a Christmas - works do!”, to which I re­ sponded: “But you’re by yourself - are you self-em­ ployed?” We all shared in that moment of silliness. • It is like birthday and


• Christmas presents. Ithink


• ‘the best ones I’ve received ' from friends and family ■ haye been when I didn’t .


• • quite expect what was in ■ 'the box! And I shared in that mo-~


■ ment of joy and surprise with them;..'when.it was v;


--pie.) '


. way better than anything 1- - . had imagined. Just like the.: jokes you get in Christmas crackers (wait... bad exam: ' : ”


• v Whichreminds me -“What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot!” (If


• you can hear a snare drum and cymbal going off in the back of your head - resist


\ it!) On reflecting upon my first Christmas as a priest, I actually think that might have been the reaction of


.. the shepherds and wise :■» men when they came to visit the Christ child. Were


■ they expecting to be at such a critical stage of history


■ : - where already the power : of darkness was trembling -rejoicing at a light so powerful that no amount of ■ .- darkness could put it out...


••’ resting in this presence, - j-. did they know this was not - : ' like any other moment that


they had been invited to share in before? This has been my ex­


perience of priesthood in the last few months since my ordination - to share. To share moments with people, some very sacred... others more light-hearted - but moments during which you sit with people and accompany them in their .


pain and suffering and wait for God to enter the room. And he is able to enter


the room in a very person­ al, real way because he first entered the room, incar- 'nate - as a baby, as a man - ; over 2000 years ago: .


Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans with campaigner Gordon Dixon, (s) ~:r* IVALLEYMATTERS' 'r$ tj:X* . A WMldylopk at local issues, people and places C ampaigner Rob yBABBIIS 'UK


A campaigner has met with Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans,


calling on him to back Diabetes UK’s call for - Government action to end the postcodelotteryof diabetes healthcare. -


Gordon Dixon, who has type 2 diabetes, travelled to Westminster to meet Mr Evans:as part of a lobby­ ing event organised by Diabetes UK to launch its


• State of the Nation 2013 report. The report revealed that


a postcode lottery of diabe­ tes health care in England is fuelling a mqjor health crisis. The report also shows that


while there have been im­ provements in some aspects of care - such as more people


meeting the target level for blood pressure - in other as­ pects, things have actually got worse. The charity is urging the


Government and NHS Eng land to carry out a review into why the quality of health care varies so much between areas, Mr Dixon, chairman of the


Ribble Valley Diabetic Group, said: “I was delighted to meet with Nigel Evans, as it gave me the chance .to raise my con. cerns about diabetes health care. “Diabetes is a serious con­


dition, but too many people with diabetes both here in Ribble Valley and across the country are not getting the essential care they need whichisleadingtodevastating complications such as blind­ ness and amputations.”


Caledonian culture for college cohort


Oakhill College’s annual cul­ tural visit this time tookpupils north to Edinburgh. Sixteen pupils from years 10 and 11 at the Whalley college enjoyed three activity-packed days in the Scottish capital.


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, - On arrival they headed out into the new town part of the city, exploring Princes Street and the bustling Christmas market. A visit to the Scottish National Gallery, with its rich variety of artwork including a guest appearance of Rodin’s “The Kiss”, was a highlight.


: The group then headed to St Mary’s Cathedral to visit


■ the shrine of St Andrew, and up Calton Hill for a spectac­ ular view of the city at dusk. ; before returning to the warmth oftheir hotel. . After a good breakfast on


Saturday the group headed for the old town and the magnifi­ cent Edinburgh Castle, where they visited the National War Memorial and other areas of the castle including the West­


ern Battlements and the Royal Scots Dragoon Museum. They were also fortunate


to witness the one o’clock gun being fired before moving on to the Scottish National Mu­


seum, which had many exhi­ bitions to explore. • Afterabitofshoppingtime


in the old town, they descend­ ed underground for a spooky guided tour of Mary King’s Close - an underground street buried beneath the modern


. city and trapped in time; with many eerie stories. After a long day exploring


they enjoyed a good meal and headed back to the hotel for a good night’s sleep. On the final day the party


returned to the new town to explore Princes Street and George Street and do some shopping - Mrs Morris won the prize for most shopping bags! At the end of a busy three


days, all agreed it had been an excellent trip.


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