Protecting Lever Park and Rivington for the future…
Posted in News on May 30th, 2009
Minutes of the Meeting between United Utilities and the Friends of Lever Park on 23 April 2009 at Rivington WTW Attendees: United Utilities: Martin Padley – Head of Environment & Community Neville Kidd – Central Area Catchment Manager Frances Cooper – Assistant Land Agent Friends of Lever Park: Bob Dootson – Chairman Phil Johnson – [...]
Posted in News on May 30th, 2009
On the 16th April we submitted a strong letter of comment to the Ombudsman regarding her provisional view towards our original complaint. On the 20th May we received a letter from the Ombudsman stating that our letter of comment was being dealt with. We’ve had two meetings with United Utilities who appear to have a [...]
Posted in News on May 29th, 2009
Go-Ape customers are creating a new toilet facility in the wildlife sanctuary. They were at it again to-night (6-20pm) urinating in the wildlife sanctuary after completing the course. And the powers that be, said that this would not happen. It’s about time the land owners got off their backsides and did something about it. maybe [...]
Posted in News on May 24th, 2009
We’ve said from day one that the cost of going on the adventure course was beyond the reach of most working class families ( gorillas £25 and baboons £20). Well it’s not been up and running five minutes and already their website shows a price increase, ( sessions around lunch time cost gorillas £27.50 and [...]
Posted in News on May 16th, 2009
These photo’s were taken on Friday, showing cars parked outside the area stated on the planning application, when the official car park was empty. Neither United Utilities nor Chorley Borough Council seem to be concerned. Bob has sent a letter to Martin Padley at United Utilities and an email to Steve Aldous at Chorley asking [...]
Posted in News on May 9th, 2009
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the FLP are the only ones interested in the conservation of Lever Park. We are all aware of go-apes record to date, but the biggest culprits are the wardens/rangers or what ever name you wish to give them. They continually ignore trespass within the wildlife sanctuary and the conservation [...]
Posted in News on May 8th, 2009
At 6-15pm tonight the police where patrolling the go-ape site, snooping in and around the stockades and probably wondering which creature of the night had opened the stockade gates. Somebody should have told them that go-ape themselves leave the gates open, and that the persons who have been using the course at night , only [...]
Posted in News on May 6th, 2009
Here are some of the comments from our online petition. It’s a reminder of the huge public opposition to the Go Ape development by the people who believe that peace and nature have a higher value than commercial progress: This is not the right site for Go Ape. What is only a small woodland area [...]
Posted in News on May 3rd, 2009
What chance as the wildlife, when the Go-Ape staff stand by laughing and joking with their customers who were climbing over the fence to enter the Wildlife Sanstuary. One could say that this was to be expected, and for the benefit of UU’s management (who log on to this site ) it took place at [...]
