Planning Applications

They are now up to 30/1/09 .. so credit where credit is due... thank you H.B.C. for keeping us more up-to-date, however very little in the last two terms, which probably reflects the economy at the moment. i.e. best of interest is just tidying up the trees around the war memorial at Ossy.

11/09/0035 Works to Trees - T1 (Ash), T2 (Lime), T3 War Memorial Rhyddings 26/01/2009
(Beech), T4 & 5 (Sycamore), T6 & 7 Street/Union Road
(Elder), T8 (Rowan), T9 & 10 (Poplar) and Oswaldtwistle
T11 (Birch)
Hyndburn Borough Council

Can you see anything else Park ?

Wish it were easier to link up the decisions to the original applications though.

On a self-indulgent note, my 26 year old son Jamie almost made it to 'Young Planner of the Year' this week .. an award through the RTPI. Like he said " being 2nd place is just dirt place loser", still proud though.
 
oh yeah Katex, thats just reminded me... they have taken a load of trees down behind woodnook school and it looks like they are building on there...any ideas what they are doing?
 
Can't just find anything Emamum, depends if the land belongs to Woodnook school ? May have to look back to 2007.

Only thing is this, but won't be that and can't see that permission has been granted as yet to this canopy. There again, decisions may be behind on their web site. :-

11/08/0227 Erection of a canopy shelter to main entrance Woodnook Primary Hudson 28/04/2008
area Street Accrington
 
emamum said:
oh yeah Katex, thats just reminded me... they have taken a load of trees down behind woodnook school and it looks like they are building on there...any ideas what they are doing?
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There was a planning application approved. the meeting of the planning commitee on 7 January 2009 for some land off South Street Accrington, which is possibly the area you are thinking of (I know it is in Woodnook - but as it is not in my ward nit too sure of the exacty location). The area has been a 'garden'.


http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloads/planning_applications_report.pdf
 
Thanks for that link Claytonender .. never found that before.

South Street only appears to be outline Planning Permission at the moment, so doubt it. Not sure exactly where Emamum is talking about.
 
Has been nothing but private applications for the last three months, apart from ramp for the disabled at Accington Cricket Club to the bar (sure Lindsay knows about this :D).

Just a few you may be interested in :-

11/09/0106 Listed Building Consent: Change of use at Accrington Market Hall Peel Street, Accrington 12/03/2009
balcony level from traders storage rooms and
former bus office to retail (A1) cafe (A3)
business (B1) and exhibition space (D1) and
internal alterations including extension of
existing balcony floor installation of stairs
and DDA compliant passenger lift
Quarterbridge Project Management

11/09/0102 Discharge of condition No. 3 of 11/06/0208 The Bandstand Oak Hill Park 13/03/2009
Manchester Road Accrington
BB5 2BN
Hyndburn Borough Council

11/09/0100 Change of use from shop (A1) Oxfam to college information centre 54 Broadway
Accrington BB5 1EW
Mr Stephen Carlisle

No building applications yet but think, according to sources, may be picking up a little, now they have consolidated, cut down costs e.g. redundancies, can begin to look at further projects.
 
Next lot ... think I should win an award for most boring thread, however, will plod on. Where's me mate Park .. come back honey, all is forgiven ... LOL:-

11/09/0098 Erection of 9m high Wind Turbine Accrington Academy Queens Road West
Accrington Lancashire 18/03/2009
BB5 4FF
Lancashire County Council and Catalyst Lend Lease

Love these.

11/09/0120 Change of use of land to form car park Land adjacent Union Road 20/03/2009
Oswaldtwistle
Lancashire County Council

Where's this ?

11/09/0105 Erection of 4 No. two-storey dwellings 14 - 16 Bamford Crescent 19/03/2009
together with associated car parking Accrington BB5 2PQ
Mr Marcus Serene

Who the hell has a name like Marcus Serene ??
 
katex said:
11/09/0120 Change of use of land to form car park Land adjacent Union Road 20/03/2009
Oswaldtwistle
Lancashire County Council

Where's this ?
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My guess is at the side of the Theatre.

Thats the land that LCC sold and are now buying back again. Your tax money hard at work :rolleyes:
 
Anyone read todays LET, page 15 the article headed Planning office 'is weak'
Auditors assessing HBC's annual performance labelled the planning department as "weak" after successful appeals roase from 26.7% to 41.1% last year.
The Council lost £49,336 on the appeal bids in addition to the cost of lost officer time.
They also stated that regeneration plans are at risk because they turn down too many planning applications.
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May be the planning committee made up of butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers should follow the direction of the Technical Officers of the Council who are qualified planners. All to often you read of an application where the technical officers have recommended an application be passed, but the committee in their wisdom turn it down.


In the LET article PB blamed opposition councillors
"for reasons that have nothing to do with planning laws"
"I am not surprised the number of successful appeals is so high. Opposition councillors are playing party politics instead of doing what is best for the council, housholders and developers"
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Any further ideas as to why the %age of successful appeals rose from 26.7% to 41.1%. That is some increase.
 
I think this post is in the correct thread since the article is about housing market renewal/regeneration

Here we have another example of jobs for the boys, a "basic" salary of £140,000. for the new boss of the 'Super council'

East Lancs 'super council' chief named (From Lancashire Telegraph)


Looks like we are to have a Pennine Lancashire council/committee made up of representatives from six borough councils as well as lancashire county council..................yet more expenses for the lucky ones :rolleyes:
 
katex said:
Next lot ... think I should win an award for most boring thread, however, will plod on. Where's me mate Park .. come back honey, all is forgiven ... LOL:-
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Hello.......... i'm back :D

11/09/0098 Erection of 9m high Wind Turbine Accrington Academy Queens Road West
Accrington Lancashire 18/03/2009
BB5 4FF
Lancashire County Council and Catalyst Lend Lease
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whats that for............show :rolleyes:


Where's this ?

11/09/0105 Erection of 4 No. two-storey dwellings 14 - 16 Bamford Crescent 19/03/2009
together with associated car parking Accrington BB5 2PQ
Mr Marcus Serene

Who the hell has a name like Marcus Serene ??
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Off Manchester road.Streetmap.co.uk- search results for bb5 2pq
 
Neil said:
My guess is at the side of the Theatre.

Thats the land that LCC sold and are now buying back again. Your tax money hard at work :rolleyes:
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Was hoping it was .. much needed parking for the theatre. Wonder what is the difference between their selling price and buying price then ?

Still, expect the money they made from selling in the first place was needed at the time for more desperate needs ?

park381 said:
Hello.......... i'm back :D


Hi Park ... thought you had dropped of the Earth.

Re. the increased appeals, you are not possibly suggesting that the elected officers are turning Planning Applications down for political gain are you ?LOL.

Sure there could an element of this at times.

However, what the LET has omitted to say is the actual increase in the number of appeals .. well, might have, haven't seen the article.

In 2006>2007 15 appeals were launched. 11 disallowed, 4 allowed.
In 2007>2008 17 appeals were launched.10 disallowed, 6 allowed, 1 split decision.

So not many are there really? Not really a percentage increase really, just percentage increase against the number of planning applications.

Have a look at this to see if you agree :-

http://www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk/pins/reports/stats_2008/full_england_report.pdf

Against other authorities, we don't appear to have that high a percentage really.



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katex said:
However, what the LET has omitted to say is the actual increase in the number of appeals .. well, might have, haven't seen the article.
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No the LET only quoted %ages Looks worse that way :D
The cost of those appeals = £49,000+ could well have been spent on something more worth while don't you think.

 Good info in that report kate. HBC's formar Chief Planning Officer is now with the Planning inspectorate
 
katex said:
11/09/0098 Erection of 9m high Wind Turbine Accrington Academy Queens Road West
Accrington Lancashire 18/03/2009
BB5 4FF
Lancashire County Council and Catalyst Lend Lease




whats that for............show :rolleyes:




Don't you like wind turbines .. I think they are bootiful !
May have been some sort of condition to allow it to go through?

Funny though, how authorities view applications in a different way.
Son has just related a story in the Planning magazine with regard to Biomass power (yeh, know where they use rotting fruit, etc, and produces methane gas to power turbines).

Cardiff had an application for one on their docks, but was turned down as thought it was too near populated areas .. like wouldn't be pleasant for residents to have wagons rolling up with this 'fuel'.

The authority next to them turned a similar application down because was too far away from population, and difficult to power to residents ! Seems about a third of power is lost due to power plants being miles away from residents.

Ironic ... :D
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park381 said:

The cost of those appeals = £49,000+ could well have been spent on something more worth while don't you think.
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We could all have an opinion on where monies could be better spent Park, but we have to have a system, and it stands at :-

1. Goes to Planning Office.
2. Submitted to Planning Committee.
3. Re-submission if unsuccessful.

Can go higher up, of course, if affecting National interest to Secretary of State.

Just wonder where they pulled out the figure from exactly; they do also make money on planning applications too.

LOL. missed the bit where PB was blaming the opposition.
Hope G Jones will come on in defence as he is now on the panel ...:D
 
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