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Yeh, thanks Bernie, have talked about it before haven't we .. Spuggie was very upset if I remember.

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Can't remember, maybe it was before I joined;)

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Anyone know what this application by Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd is all about ref.11/07/0584

http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/cu...07TO210907.pdf

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Can't link it today park381 .. seems to be unavailable at present, this has happened frequently at weekends; thought their new website may have been a little more efficient. !

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Thats true HBC's "new" website is a little slow to say the least.
The Taylor Woodrow application relates to access to land on stanhill road at stanhill ? its a strange one just after the "pickle factory" one by Barretts.

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Ok .. judge for yourselves:-

http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/cu...07TO021107.pdf

Interesting ones seem to be:-

11/07/0684 ... Residential gypsy site.

11/07/0686 ... Someone buiding a church and community centre.. blimey .. seem to be pulling most of 'em down. Which land is 309 >> 317 Union Road, Ossy ? .. is it that next to the Civic Theatre ?

11/07/0716 . Outline planning for 71 flats, Chapel Street Garage, Abbey Street. Mmmm . another application for central 'town dwellers' .. are they looking to the future maybe and hopeful that regeneration is 'the carrot', and will be the place to live ?

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I think it's the land next to the pet shop, opposite Lloyds TSB. They bought the land a long time ago and then started raising money for the church - it's taken a while but they must have finally reached their target.

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Thanks, yes, know the place. Don't understand the applicants title of Christian Institute though .. is it a sort of communal religious sect, not affiliated to any 'branch' ?

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Sect makes it sound a bit creepy, but there's a lot of these non-denominational Christian 'churches' springing up. The Hope Centre in Osw is also one. They follow basic Christian tenets but they're not affiliated to any specific religion.

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You're right. It's the site of the old Ossy Co-op.

It's been used as a carpark for the past twelve years, and will be sorely missed, once the church builds it's new place of worship.

The council were offered the site as a much needed carpark in Ossy, but refused it.

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Were they offered that site? I know that they considered buying the land next to the Civic theatre but Lancs CC put too high a price on it.

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So I understand.

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I can't actually remember who owned the land before hand but I suppose the point is that if HBC wanted to build a parking lot in the centre of Osw they wouldn't need to be 'offered' land, they could just slap a compulsory purchase order on it and buy it.

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There's a desperate need for parking at the top of Ossy, which will only be made worse when the church reclaim their plot.

The amount of people who park on the zig-zags, outside of the bank, is appalling. An accident waiting to happen.

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There's need for parking at the bottom as well. We've spoken about it many times on here but when there's a big show on at the theatre there's never enough space to park.