'-H- • I A? CUIHEROE ADVERTISERS, TIMES ’ v fS>A£‘ f e C f e - L *> 1^1 ‘we’re doing it Frustrated by unfounded criticism, he strikes backat ‘one sided diatribe! , -- - - ‘ , Twitter ©clithadvertiservcrj


by Duncan Smith v duncanimith1@jpress.co.uk -


J ^ - - T the process by.which it.has:


Aprominent borough council- j lor has hit backat swingeing'/ criticisms in last week’s Clit-'A.-the facts,' nor does he appear. heroe Advertiser and Times .- /to have made any serious at-* i


fe ’ beenproduced by Ribble Val- . • a ley Borough Council,’’ retorted - - 'Coun. H i l l . ..


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v«; “Evidently, Mr Rush does ? •: not appreciate or understand \


- ofthecouncil’strackrecordon temptto'discoverthem. •r ' opposing large scale housing „ “Just as" he declined an in­ developments. ' -


- vitationtobepartofthegroup


man of Ribble Valley Borough fe ter in the House of Commons, ' Council’s Plan- r '


' Mr Rush also de-


-.was reacting to;. • - • /comments made'- by:Steve.Rush,


chairman of Clit-; heroe Residents’.:.-/; Action Group, in i lastivweek’s>As I


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See It” column on P f g f -4


:. Injast weeks_: i


j ^ a ^ p ^ ^ ^ l n l a s t W e e l A clined an invi- mentCommittee, ^ C lith e ro e Advei*- - tation from the


; t iM r w e w e r e i c o n f i^ i r te d b y an o th ep i l l-m -


f o r n ^ , i r a c c u - !


s planning inspec-. a tor. to participated din the recent ex“| vam in a t ion in-


ro te in is lra d in s l^ , ei)b dna outcome O l te^ ld sd would undoubt- -


f ^ ^ ld ia t r i f e : .^ - edly have been- ^listened to, with


. Times we were confronted by another ill-informed, inac-- curate, misleading and one-­ sided diatribe from Mr Rush a


Clitheroe Advertiser;and.','anopportunityforthemtobe debated and challenged.” ,


S j Setting the record straight : ; from the council’sidewpdint, j Coiiii.Hilladded:“Fortheben- •’•


- i public,.where his * Mews ontheproc-' •: ess and outcome!


Coun/Terry.Hill, chair-: :.-.-_that met the planning Minis-" - * C-


w Coun. Terry Hill "


surrounding the Core Strategy are as follows; The Core Strat­ egy process is a long, involved, bureaucratic and expensive exercise regulated by rules drawn up and monitored by the Government. Those rules have changed several times during the.process, which dates back to 2006. •---“This process includes


about the CoreStrategy and^-efit ofyourreaders; the facts; “with the regulations at which


statutory public consultation at every stage in accordance


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; any individual, group, or pub-'. ' lic..body.can submit their •


.•.""comments, which must be-, ■ supported by evidence. ' , ; .


. vour to, much ■■■ less worked‘hand: in glove’with, any particular inter-


i:- ested party. The. planning inspec-


-h tor has not at any stage rejected the


_ strategy. “His task is to


.' judge its sound­ ness, when meas-


s- ured against laid; down standards,,


<■*$&-" 1 t . & -- tor asked for the strategy’s evi-


. dence base to be updated; as he considered some of it out-


> “At'no.timeduring this ' • processvhas th e : council-; ~ shown ’any fa-


rdated and envisaged itbeing -^challenged. - ^ f e ‘“After the examination in


‘T h eC o r e S t r a t -


e g y h a s b e e n p r o r d u c e d fo l low in g a g r e a t d e a l o f h a rd w o r k b y o f f ic e r s ,


w ith l i t t le su p p o r t f rom aG o v e rn - ment h e ll-ben t on


- the main require- ment being the quality of the.


evidence base. This evidence must be backed by measured facts and, contrary to.Mr Rush’s view, does not include opinion, conjecture, anecdo­ tal claims or selective choice ofstatistics. • ,.


.,


“Prior to the examination .in public, the planning inspec-


- in c r e a s in g th e n um b e r o f h o u s e s a ta n y p r ic e ’


•p u b l ic -w h ic h :: took .two weeks . of discussion and a


r questioning and which; ME Ru sh a could have been a party to had He so chosen the in sp e c toE Has' asked the council toi-consider iis-“ ing the top of the range-.number- for houses (280 per annum, in­ stead of25o);2-


distribute the 200 Longridge allowance within the main settlements, rather . than throughout the villages; and 3 - strengthen the hierarchy of the villages, rather than con­


sider them an amorphous whole.


.. . . “He has done this in ‘a spir­ it.of assistance’ to enable him • to consider the strategy sound?


-.and has since’expressed satis­ faction with the work plan set


out by the council, which indi- ' cates this willbe completed byi


early April at the latest. H “Again, this will be subject?


. to.a six-week consultation, as- laid down in the regulations ? in which Mr Rush, hisgroupoE


, any other interested party are' welcome to take part.”


-i .• Summing up, Coun Hill-


- said: “The Core Strategy has- been produced following a1 great deal of hard work by officers, with little support ; from a Government hell-bent on increasing the numberof houses at any price, and has been a stressful undertaking! for. those councillors directly involved; who, unlike the still' unelected Mr.Rush, have had


responsibility for overseeing-, a challenging and exacting process.” -:-..........


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Acclaimed quintet to play in Clitheroe Clitheroe Concerts Society meets next; . ' -;


Wednesday, March 5th, when the Cataleya ; Quintet will play woodwind music by Ibert, Nielson, Danzi and Poulenc. The quintet was formed in20iiatthe Royal College of Music by five masters students, all


described as “outstanding RCMmusicians”. The players have diverse backgrounds. com-


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° ? e of them the' Clitheroe concert is some- thingofahomecoming. Bassoonist Sophie Robertson was born in this area and received her early musical


training from Joan Hall, a committee mem- " ber of Clitheroe Concerts Society.'


Sophie’s family live in Preston andsheprevi-


ously playe d with the Lancashire Youth Sym­ phony Orchestra.


The concert will take place in Clitheroe Roy­ al Grammar School Sixth Form Centre, in


. York Street, commencing at 7-30 pm. Tickets at £14 can be purchased on the door or in advance fiwin the Tourist Information ; Office at the Platform Gallery, or onlineat


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As shown on the map, households in; the: . north of the borough will have-, their waste - -


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