Protecting Lever Park and Rivington for the future…
Posted in News on Sep 30th, 2011
When go-ape change their maximum persons per session to 18. The new car park (not yet developed) for 45 cars, was calculated on the maximum person per session at peak times being 14. Seeing that they have altered their maximum per session to 18 at selected peak times, does that mean they will be recalculating [...]
Posted in News on Sep 13th, 2011
After 54 days, Go-Ape still haven’t answered the question: Where in Rivington is the On-Site parking for; 95 cars 40 light goods vehicles 100 motor cycles 4 disabled spaces 4 buses Don’t forget, this is ON-SITE parking, plus the fact they quote 95 cars indicates they have developed a new car park for 45 vehicles. [...]
Posted in News on Sep 6th, 2011
To-night the planning committee sit to decide whether to accept the retrospective application for the landing zones. Will they ignore the 1902 Act and allow the provisions within to be breached ? Will they ignore the conditions set by their own planning authority, in this case “Trading will not be allowed until the car park [...]
Posted in News on Jun 20th, 2011
It appears that Go-Ape have submitted a retrospective application for the two landing zones that make a mockery of the status of an Historic Park. The application is in breach of the provisions of the Liverpool Corporation Act 1902, and Council policies HT13, EP2, LT7, SPG (trees and development) and BS5837. Application No 11/00466/FUL objections [...]
Posted in News on Jun 13th, 2011
http://www.chorley.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4099&p=0 Chorley Profile…… State of the Borough Report….. November 2010. Historic Parks and Gardens 2.8 There are a number of historic parks and gardens in the Borough, including four on English Heritage’s Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. These are shown below: Lever Park: The roughly 160 hectare site is situated between [...]
Posted in News on May 25th, 2011
“It is clearly unsatisfactory for development to be carried out without the necessary planning permission or in breach of a condition attached to a planning permission, and this is something the Government takes very seriously. There are circumstances where it is appropriate to invite a retrospective application, for example for rectifying genuine mistakes (perhaps where [...]
Posted in News on May 4th, 2011
It appears that Go-Ape haven’t complied with all pre-commencement conditions attached to the planning permission. It is simple: ALL conditions must be complied with. Non compliance with conditions 1 & 6 begs the question : Why was this allowed to happen? I’m sure that many of our supporters will be asking the same question.
Posted in News on Jan 2nd, 2011
News from Norwich where Jerome Mayhew (Managing Director at Adventure Forest Limited, the Go Ape parent company) has cropped us as a trustee of a large area of woodland on the outskirts of Norwich. Friends of Lever Park will not be suprised to discover that Mr Mayhew has angered local residents with a plan to [...]
Posted in News on Sep 17th, 2010
Where ever you go in Rivington, you can’t help but notice the presence of this unwanted intruder. All other forms of growth are surpressed by this invader, it’s obviously delegated it’s powers throughout the Park. Does this sound familiar? http://www.invasivespeciesireland.com/files/public/BPM%20Guidance/Himalayan%20Balsam%20BPM.pdf
Posted in News on Sep 3rd, 2010
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 [...]
