[VALAIRIAN]

Ground development.

Friday 26th Mar 2010

Control room planning application.

Some supporters have expressed concern through various channels about a recent planning application lodged with Hyndburn Borough Council for the re-siting of the current control room.

Although the club has not been contacted directly we would like to reassure supporters that the reason for this is to satisfy one of the planning committee's criteria for allowing us to keep the structure in place until the end of the season.

Explaining the application chief executive Rob Heys said "The club was very grateful to the local authority for allowing us to leave the control room in place and avoid the considerable expense that would have been incurred had we been told to re-site it immediately. However they were very keen to ensure that there was a back up plan in place should the club's aim of redeveloping the Coppice Terrace not take place at the end of the season, and so instructed us to submit a revised application with the control room in a more suitable position.

"The club remains committed to several sizeable ground improvements over the summer, including the construction of a permanent control room, and will release full details of these in the near future. John Coleman and Jimmy Bell are doing a tremendous job in ensuring that we establish ourselves as a Football League club on the field and it is up to us to ensure that we mirror that off the field."