Protecting Lever Park and Rivington for the future…
Posted in News on Mar 8th, 2010
On the 22nd Feb/10 we submitted a complaint to Chorley Council, only to receive a reply dated the 26th Feb stating that there will be no further correspondence on this issue.
Do they honestly believe that we will stand by and allow this ignorance of rules and procedures to go uncontested.
We have since submitted the complaint [...]
Posted in News on Mar 4th, 2010
Go Ape have revealed plans to build a site similar to the one in Rivington. The proposal is for a new course to be built in Moel Famau, Wales. As at Rivington, the decision is unpopular with visitors to this peaceful and unspoiled part of Wales. A protest group (the Friends of Moel Famau) has [...]
Posted in News on Mar 2nd, 2010
Whilst it seems that all is quiet, the campaign has moved to a different level. To divulge our strategy at this time would be counterproductive, but suffice it to say that we have the man for the job and the job will be done. WTS
Posted in News on Feb 22nd, 2010
Go-Ape charges have gone up to £30 for adults.
anyone who pays that! wants their head testing…
Posted in News on Feb 18th, 2010
We put a question to the Leader of the Council (Councillor Goldsworthy)
Why wasn’t the application for go-ape advertised has a departure as required to do so under the rules of the Constitution.
This was the reply:
It should be noted that the above Departure Direction has since been deleted and replaced by the Town & Country Planning [...]
Posted in News on Feb 4th, 2010
If anyone thought that it was all over, you are in for a shock.
And if you thought that Go-Ape was the end of it, you are in for a shock.
I encourage all supporters of Lever Park to attend any future meeting, you will be shocked.
If there are any legal people out there who value Lever [...]
Posted in News on Jan 21st, 2010
Chorley Council will be having a full Council meeting on Tuesday the 26th Jan/2010.
The meeting will be at the Town Hall, Market St, Chorley, commencing at 6-30pm
Ourselves and an individual objector will be submitting questions to the Council.
The rules state that we can only ask one question each, covering no more than Three minutes. following [...]
Posted in News on Jan 14th, 2010
It appears we are in possesion of another quote from the Local corridors of power:
“Maladministration is a description not a definition”
Somebody should tell the LGO!
Here are the explanations of what maladministration means given by the main public services ombudsmen.
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) investigates complaints about local authority services in England. Its 2008 leaflet suggests [...]
Posted in News on Jan 8th, 2010
We have requested to address the full Council with regards comments made by Councillor Goldsworthy in the press in relation to the LGO findings. It appears that we can only comment on anything that is set out on the agenda, and as yet nothing relating to the Investigation is scheduled for discussion.
For what purpose do Councillors [...]
Posted in News on Dec 21st, 2009
It appears Councillor Peter Goldsworthy (Leader of the Council) hasn’t been reading the same Ombudsman’s final decision that we have been viewing. He recently addressed a letter to myself stating that “There has been no violation of the Councils Constitution or the Town & Country Planning Act” and then goes on to say, “There were [...]
