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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
It's not viability, it's hammering out a workable framework that developers have to adhere to and that fits it with the locality as a whole. At the moment there are four plots that are demolished and vacant along the canal which means that we have a golden opportunity to develop them in a holistic way rather than let four developers build on them in their own way for maximum profits and no regard for the impact on infrastructure.
It's a lot of money but in the grand scheme of things will work out beneficially to Rishton long term.
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And there is the crux...£20k for a framework, for resources, for a village with an abundance of resources where planning permission for similar resources, less than a mile up the road, has already been rejected, yet Woodnook is left to rot, Huncoat is turned into the waste tip for East Lancashire, the town centre is boarded up and left to vagabonds.
Unless, of course, these resources will be the building of a school, nursery and play area for the kids of the families that will be moving in to these four developments, in which case I'll agree to the long term beneficial aspect.