Oswaldtwistle Fire Station
 

Does anyone know anything about the owners of the old fire station. Apparently, since it was bought a few months ago it's very quietly changed hands a few times.

There's a right mess been left behind it by the travellers and I'm trying to sort it out but they can't do anything at the Council until they find out the owners.

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Suprised the council dont know who the owners are. Should the owner not have registered their ownership with the council when they bought it? As for the travellers it sounds like they left a large "calling card" the minks! If it is a health hazard how come the council havent started a clean up?

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It would make sense if the buyer had to register the purchase with the Council for it to be legal. Unfortunately it looks like that is not the case.

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Shouldn't the owner be paying business rated council tax on this property? Even on empty property you have to pay half.

I bet if it was some old lady who was a month behind with her payements, they'd be threatening her with the baliffs or prison.

A quick phone call to the estate agent who dealt with the sale, should reveal the current owner.

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They had the same problem finding out who owned the empty land behind Catlow Hall Street. The land was sold a couple of times and ended up belonging to some offshore company, or was that the Fire Station, I think my brain if failing again. It is time for a mental reboot I think. It looks like the law needs tightening up on business land/property ownership.

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Try the Land Registry, on line. It will cost you two quid:

http://www.landregisteronline.gov.uk/

However, depending on how recently this property has changed hands, it may not be fully up to date.

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It's changed hands a few times recently so I don't think land registry will be up to date on it yet.

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:engsmil: .... hi its michael i own the building that backs on to the fire station
i know who owns/ had owned the fire station , and it is now for sale again
i dont think he would appreciate me posting his name on here , the council have partly tidied the area , but only done half a job , i took me 6 phone calls and a rant to get someone from enviromental health to phone me back , but they reconned the clean up was in -hand,,,, regards

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So, I'm guessing you're the Landlord at the Tinker and Budget??

Well, I've been trying to get them to clean it as well but you've done slightly better than me in that you got someone to call you back.

I haven't really noticed much of an improvement but I haven't been up that way since Friday (I live at the bottom of Mill Hill) so I'll take a look and report back later today. If it's not been done properly I'll be back on to them tomorrow. It's a health risk and doesn't look good at all.

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If you do know who owns it know why not inform the Council so they can approach him to sort the area out?

The Council should have had no need to do any tidying at all. It is the responsibility of the land owner and not the Council. I don't want my Council tax spending sorting out neglect caused by land owners not securing there property. All it originally needed was a fence erecting to prevent access to the rear of the Fire Station and we would not have had an issue in the first place. I suspect someone bought the property and was only interested in making money so did not care about securing it.

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Hey Guys, i know this is a little late but heres a picture from 2004 of Oswaldtwistle Fire Stationhttp://www.firestations.org.uk/Stati...0001.JPG&g=&l=

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:bingobang:cool::cool: can't see it

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Here's a link to the picture then;
Fire Station Picture - Oswaldtwistle old fire station, Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire

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When was Oswaldtwistle Fire Station built?.

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Which one the first or the second;)

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The Second:D.

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Right old ossy firemen here's your station;
lancs77

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Ossy Firemen, phu.
We used to refer to them as Mantle Squeezers, or Barnes's Rejects
Retlaw.

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Oh gee thanks would never have known what our old firestation looked like:rolleyes: