The Friends of Lever Park

There will be a meeting of FRIENDS OF LEVER PARK on Monday 3rd November, at Horwich Conservative Club commencing 8.00pm.

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It appears United Utilities interpretation of the boundaries differ from those submitted by Lord Leverhulme into the 1902 Liverpool Corporation Act. The Act and the Map refer to Lever park being coloured yellow,and the Act and the map both describe the boundary going to the waters edge. In Chorley’s report to us,they give the impression [...]

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From Mrs Kathleen Bell in Manchester: I was born in Blackrod and spent a lot of my time walking around Rivington especially Rivington Pike. I also went to dances at Rivington Barn and held my wedding reception there. I was appalled that Go Ape had been given planning permission and even more appalled when I [...]

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Myself along with Phil Johnson and Mrs Thomasson went to Adlington’s meeting and put before them our case and asked for their support. It emerged that Adlington hadn’t been consulted by Chorley and where amazed that Chorley should try this again after being defeated in a similar motion in 1997. The outcome was that Adlington [...]

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http://gallery.leverpark.co.uk/#0 Here’s a gallery of photographs of the Rivington and Lever Park area. If you’ve got any photographs of the area, let us know and we’ll add them to the gallery. You can go direct to the gallery by clicking on to http://gallery.leverpark.co.uk

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From The Lancashire Telepgraph of 9th October 2008: A group of residents have reported Chorley Borough Council to the Local Government Ombudsman after claiming that the authority did not follow correct procedure when granting planning permission for an aerial adventure play centre in Rivington. And from Glasgow’s Evening Times, news of the Save Pollok Park [...]

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I have just been on Chorley Borough’s planning website and came accross the following planning application 08/00421/FUL.  (dated 24th june/08). There were NO objections and it went to Full Committee for a decision. That’s alright untill you read what it was for……. Proposal……Erection of TENNIS COURT in garden.        voted 8:5 in favour This really does [...]

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From the Bolton News of Wednesday 8th October 2008: THE energy company behind plans to create a pay and display car park at a local beauty spot has defended the move. Click the link to read the full article.

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1) Lever Park is protected under the Liverpool Corporation Act 1902 2) The first paragraph of Chorley’s own policies” To promote the value of the Boroughs built Heritage and to maintain and enhance the quality of the Historic Environment”. 3) Section 5.26 refers to the protection of the Boroughs Historic villages and the Borough has,through [...]

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I’ve downloaded the original documents from United Utilties and Go Ape which formed the basis of their original planning application. The documents are also available from www.chorley.gov.uk but they are very difficult to find! If you want to see the documents, either click the ‘Docs‘ tab at the top of the screen, or click here.

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