The Friends of Lever Park

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If anybody wants any information regarding planning application 08/00553/FUL, don’t bother going to the “DROP IN SHOP”.
Only selective information is available, it appears that we must have been getting information that wasn’t for our eyes. In future anyone wishing to search the correspondence etc, will have to make an appointment to see Paul Whittingham.
Is this [...]

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Kath Catterall wrote a great letter in the Bolton News last week. For those of you who missed it, here it is:
THANK you to the anonymous writer responsible for the letter, “There should at least have been a public debate” (December 18), about the Go-Ape course planned for Lever Park in Rivington.
He gave a very [...]

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I’ve had passed on to me some interesting reading material, which was obtained from Chorley’s drop in shop.
It’s an email conversation between Paul Whittingham ( Chorley Borough Council ) and Paula Steer ( United Utilities ). In it he states that ” WE CAN HANDLE THE APPLICATION STUFF”, I wonder what he means by that [...]

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At this moment on this website there is nothing but G-Ape this and Go-Ape that.
How many times do we have to say it’s not about Go-Ape.
In every interview or press release, we have stated that it is not about Go-Ape, it could be any business development.
The whole issue is about United Utilities breaking the 1902 [...]

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Over the last few days activity seems to have re-started at the Go Ape site.
Chorley have said that no decisions will be made about the trees until the Local Government Ombudsman have given their judgement.
Go Ape agree that more trees need to be felled to complete the course.
The House of Commons has yet to rule [...]

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Is it just me or has the coverage of Lever Park been mainly in favour of Go Ape recently? There have been several largely sympathetic letters and articles in the local media.
So, come on people! Write to the media, remind our local MPs, go and see our local councillors. If you see an article that [...]

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We’ve had some reports of further activity on the Go Ape site today. It’s a reminder that we must keep a look-out to ensure that no more trees are felled.
So if you think anyone from Chorley, Go Ape or United Utilities is about to start felling trees, please ring the hotline number as soon as [...]

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I’d like to respond to Go Ape’s letter in the Chorley Guardian. Steve Sutherland is Go Ape’s business development officer. He writes a good example of corporate spin!
Dear editor, I would like to respond to the letter by Bob Dootson of Friends of Lever Park (Guardian, November 26) and correct some of the erroneous statements [...]

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Keep the pressure up on Chorley council. The following people have a direct responsibility for the key decisions that allowed Go Ape to be built.
UPDATE: Donna Hall has asked all correspondence to be addressed to her (see her comment below).
Donna Hall, Chief executive, Chorley Borough Council, Town hall, Market Street, Chorley. PR7 1DP. Email donna.hall@chorley.gov.uk
Keith [...]

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