Re: Whitebirk planning application.
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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
(Post 439872)
Wow! If I've got you right there Gayle are you including the Baptist Church and the telephone exchange?
We did have a big space in the center of town - it had the old market in it before they got turfed out and that Wilkinson's block got built. I could have thought of better ways of developing that area than building shops which to this day have never been fully occupied all at the same time.
As for the bus station, again we had more room for buses before half of it was comandeered for the market.
The market is now squished into an area far too small and the buses are crowded into a 'bus street' where they don't all fit.
No, I never got a questionaire but I don't think I'd have voted in favour. Even if there was a regular bus service I want to be able to do my shopping in the town not several miles outside. I find it annoying enough to have to go there for the white goods and PC World. In fact I specifically didn't go there for the last 'white goods' purchase but used a local shop in Ossy.
Even Hebden Bridge has lost some of the character that it used to have but it's far more interesting than Accy - it also has an open river running through the middle and some cute little bridges over it. Hint, hint.
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Yes, that's the area that I'm including. The Baptist Church could stay I suppose as it's just on the edge of the area that I'm talking about. I'm sure they've got the technology to move the telephone exchange.
It'll never happen though - bold ideas always get diluted!
I got a questionnaire regarding the development but I didn't fill it in. One reason was that I'm pretty sure it was during the elections and didn't want it to be a vote decider either way. |
