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Villagersat Mellor Brook were stunned to learn this weekthatThwaitesaimsto relocate its brewery and head officetherefrom Blackburn.


Thwaites announced on Tues-


. day that it was “delighted” to have secured the purchase of a seven-acre site at Sykes Holt,,


just off the A59, and wiilinvest up to £10 million on its new brewery, head office and vis­ itor centre, employing about 200 people. The company w i ll ap-.


ply to Ribble Valley Borough Council for planning consent over the coming months and hopes to start building early in 2015. But the announcement, fol- ' lowing negotiations between


the brewers and Ribble Valley Council, came as a surprise to Mellor Brook residents. “It’s the first I’ve heard of it.


It’s a complete surprise,” said Coun. Stella Brunskill, who represents Mellor on Ribble Valley Borough Council. “My main issue with this


would be the amount of traf-. fic on the A59. There’ll be ari-


' other 200 people driving here, on top of the 4,000 a day we already get. “Villages like ours, so near to an industrial zone, should


, beprotected. . . “Young people are being encouraged to come and live here, but it’s a village without facilities and I’m concerned about road safety.” Sykes Holt, a farm cottage


that dates from around 1500, is being sold by Mrs Pat Young, who is chairman of Mellor Parish Council, and her hus­ band, Norman. ■


Heavy traffic from the


nearby enterprise zone, just 10 metres away from the en­ trance to their property, prompted the couple to con­ sider selling up and moving: . Mrs Young said: “We hadn’t


decided to come out, but a lady ' from the agents approached" us and said someone was in­ terested in the land. The ne­ gotiations are not complete yet, so there’s not much else I can say.” She added that when the


brewery’s plans eventually come up for discussion at the parish Council she would de­ clare an interest and with­ draw. Rick Bailey, chief execu­


tive o f Daniel Thwaites pic, saidtheprojectwasverymuch in its early stages, and prom­ ised that local representatives would be consulted through­ out the planning process. Moreonthisstory-page5 Thwaites’ much-loved mascots-it'siconicdrayhorses.


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