The Friends of Lever Park

This quote from the business section of the Sunday Times 12th October 2008: Tristram Mayhew, founder and director of high-wire forest adventure company Go Ape: We have reined back plans to expand to seven new sites in the next year and will only open three or four. After meeting a group of partners with one [...]

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The Act describes Lever Park as being coloured yellow on the Map when the documents where drawn up,and when you look at the 1902 map it shows yellow going to the waters edge.and refers to an intended unclimable fence marked by red dots. So how can the fence be the boundary,when it didn’t exist when [...]

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You may be aware that Horwich councillor Stephen Rock was due to attend a meeting of The Rivington Heritage Trust yesterday. We have heard that he was unable to attend due to illness. We wish Stephen a speedy recovery and lament the lost opportunity for Stephen to represent FLP at what may have been an [...]

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I bumped into two of United Utilites’ woodland officers, Ian and Matthew, while walking in Rivington on Monday. They were keen to talk about the trees that had been felled so I asked them if I could email some questions. I did, and they replied as follows: Q. How many trees have been felled by United [...]

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I have taken advantage tonight of attending the monthly surgery of Horwich councillors. Stephen Rock was the only one in attendance and apart from one other, I had his undivided attention for the best part of an hour. Whilst I found him attentive, I was surprised  how little he knew about our campaign. ‘He does [...]

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ANGRY residents have formed a group to fight plans for a tree-top adventure course and car park at a popular beauty spot. Click the link to go to the original Bolton News article.

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Chorley Borough Council have been told by the Local Goverment Ombudsman’s office that they have recieved a formal complaint regarding planning application 08/00553/FUL (go-ape). This application was put through Delegated Powers and controlled throughout its process by JANE MEEK,and finished up with her signing the final planning permission. Chorley Borough Council have confirmed that the [...]

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A very prompt email response from Horwich councillors Barbara Ronson and Stephen Rock to my questions. From Barbara Ronson: Thanks for getting in touch I am already working with the “friends” – I have supplied them with Ombudsman forms to make a complaint about how the application was dealt with. I have contacted the Planning [...]

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For those of us who missed it, Mike Wayne has sent an mp3 version of the radio feature on Monday morning’s BBC Radio Lancashire breakfast programme. BBC Radio Lancashire Feature on the Friends of Lever Park (Click the link to open your music player and download the mp3 file - its a long feature so it [...]

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Todays Bolton News has the following letter from Mike and Gloria Wayne: WE wish to register our objection to the scarring of the Lever Park, Rivington, by the Go Ape adventure course project We are at a loss to understand why the application was fast-tracked despite the following: 1. Government guideline instructions as to when [...]

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