The Friends of Lever Park

When Go-Ape submitted their planning application, they filled in a “Town & Country ” planning application form quoting the following parking spaces that would be available on site.

• 95 cars
• 40 light goods vehicles
• 100 motor cycles
• 4 disabled spaces
• 4 buses

How impressive would that have seemed to the planning authorities?

Please have a look at the following link, and note their reference to car parking, and while you’re at it, have a look at their opening times (FEBRUARY)

What’s next xmas, what happened to the winter closure they referred to??

And for a laugh, read the quote “  It could take 4 hours to complete the course”

4 hours!, I could bring a coach load from the Old folks home that could do it in half that time.

http://www.goape.co.uk/days-out-in/lancashire/rivington/the-course

Look at the photo’s, and the white vertical line shows what the length of the landing zones should have been, if they had been constructed to the sizes submitted with the planning application.

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When they chopped all those trees down without permission, we had all kinds of explanations finishing up with Go-Ape saying on their own web site  “That it was a mistake and it won’t happen again”.

I wonder were these came from?.

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Two years down the line, and everything blends in with the Historic Park.

http://www.leverpark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_8194.jpg

http://www.leverpark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/IMG_8184.jpg

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How many more times will the area be subjected to this?

http://www.bheag.co.uk/j-dickinson-and-son-fire/

It appears that a tree disease, possibly Phytophthora ramorum as been found on the Go-Ape site.

This could be the same disease that cleaned out the rhododendrons in the terraced gardens or it could be another strain which is evident in Rivington Hall avenue, apparently samples will be taken to ascertain which strain it is.

We have asked the question “Can human contact spread this disease?”.

If it can, we wouldn’t want it spreading to other parks and properties in the Borough.

The planning application is not acceptable by the planning authority in its present format, so therefore the applicant will have the opportunity to either withdraw the application or submit again in a format that is acceptable.

Don’t forget the ‘Ironman’ race in Rivington on Sunday 1^st Aug. The swimming is at Pennington Flash, followed by a cycle ride round Lancashire, including Sheephouse Lane  and finally the run section leaving Rivington High School.  Here’s a link to the cycling course details on the Ironman website.

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I have been reliably informed by a planning committee member that:

Letters of objection are not distributed to committee members days previous to the committe meeting, nor are they distributed at the meeting.

If this is true, the only person who will be privaliged to read the objections will be the Planning Officer .

What is the point of having a committee if they are not allowed to view evidence and comments submitted?

I have been told that individuals can email a copy of their objection directly to the committee members, if this is true how many planning objectors know/knew about this practice by the council.

I personally find all this hard to believe, but can I afford to ignore it. I DON’T THINK SO!

Here’s the link to Go Ape’s application on Chorley’s online planning system:

http://planning.chorley.gov.uk/PublicAccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=L3BZXWET00O00

Comments and objections need to be made before 5th July. Its quick and easy on line – it takes no more than 5 minutes to make your views heard.

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