Planning Applications

What about the new Business/Industrial park that HBC propose, located behind the Redcap pub and down towards Knuzden brook which is the HBC boundary and back towards the motorway. The area is identified on the HBC "master map" but as far as I am aware it has always been farm land. There is not any planning applications lodged yet but I think work has started judging by the JCB's and other items of equipment. The site is on the opposite side to Winsor Ave, and just a little further down if you are travelling down towards Intack traffic lights (Blackburn road). If HBC follow the plan detail, the Business/Industrial park will extend right up the the rear of the Redcap pub. Plan was adopted in November 1996. :confused:
 
Is the presence of lots of industrial machinery in that area due to the Whitebirk roundabout works at the moment rather than anything else ?
 
lancsdave said:
Is the presence of lots of industrial machinery in that area due to the Whitebirk roundabout works at the moment rather than anything else ?
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No I'dont think so, they have laid an access road in to the field, plus it's to far away from the roundabout. The area is adjacent to Blackburn road between wynser's shoe shop and windsor Ave, but on the opposite side.
 
BERNADETTE said:
I have seen the work going on, know where you mean.
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It is a very strange one, there is no reference to any project in the planning applications, mind knowing HBC, the planning committee will grant planning permission after the event. That way there will not be any agro from the residents living adjacent to the work.
 
katex said:
See the gypsy camp site has been turned down, according to the Observer, due to the Green Belt factor and the view some people will get, although the decision notice has not yet been posted on the Hyndburn website as yet.

The caravans are now being requested to move.
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I think on this issue and on issues in the future we should remember the strong words of our leader PB as quoted in the citizen on monday 19th november

Council Threatens Action Over Green Belt Caravan Site (from Blackburn Citizen)
 
park381 said:
It is a very strange one, there is no reference to any project in the planning applications, mind knowing HBC, the planning committee will grant planning permission after the event. That way there will not be any agro from the residents living adjacent to the work.
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Just had a look on HBC's Planning section of website, now know what the work is see application 11/07/0752

http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/planapps/applications/6/051107TO161107.pdf
 
Neil said:
So all that moaning about the Council was for nothing ;)
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No, the residents of Winsor Avenue have already handed a petition over to Councillor Heys regarding the new Business/Industrial park in the same area. There was a large pic in the Observer :)
 
park381 said:
No, the residents of Winsor Avenue have already handed a petition over to Councillor Heys regarding the new Business/Industrial park in the same area. There was a large pic in the Observer :)
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A petition won't stop the work and besides that it is a fair way up from any residential area.
 
BERNADETTE said:
A petition won't stop the work and besides that it is a fair way up from any residential area.
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There are houses directly opposite, and a busy road junction a little further up.

The main reason for the petition was the fact that there was to be "No left turn" from the business/industrial park, in other words the traffic could not turn back towards Accrington, hence the petition from the residents of Windsor Ave who feared that Windsor Ave would become a rat run for traffic from the site that wanted to go back in to Accrington. The planning application for the business/industrial site has still to be lodged with HBC, I spoke to Councillor Heyes who at the time indicated that the application would be submitted in the summer, (he failed to say which summer :rolleyes:)
 
My mistake was thinking it was neare to Accrington but can see it in my mind now and know exactly where you mean.
 
BERNADETTE said:
It is going to be quite some size then!!!
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Sure is. Don't know if this will work but worth a try. The area in question is right on the boundary with BwD and coloured purple. You must note that since this plan was adopted in 1996 the motorway now runs close to the Redcap pub, so the business/industrial park would be right up to the motorway, from the boundary with BwD

http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/downloads/planmap.pdf

It's a very big file so its slow on the download
 
I see from the recent planning applications that there is a resubmission of the application to build 9 No two and three storey houses on the former Spring Hill Club land at Pickup st/Longsdale st. I am sure that the planning committee refused this applicaion on the grounds that the plan was not suitable. Looks like another complete 'U' turn.
There is also a resubmission for the formation of gate access to land off Stanhill road, the first submission was by Taylor Woodrow Developments ltd, this time its Taylor Whimpy Developments ltd.
The Barrett Homes application has also been resubmitted for the Pickle Factory

Must all be as a result of this - quote "Last month a Government minister surprised East Lancs councillors when she said there should be no limits on the new homes councils can approve."

http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/site/custom_scripts/planapps/applications/6/171207TO281207.pdf

Developer Welcomes Building Regulation (from Lancashire Telegraph)

Think some one needs to get a move on with the land off Blackburn road What a mess - The Gateway to Accrington
 
This also makes interesting reading, I know its dated march but serves to indicate just how large these companies are.
Taylor Woodrow & Whimpy merger £6billion, will make the new company Taylor Whimpy Developments bigger than Barrett Developments. So why are the two largest house builders developers interested in
1. Barrett - building 59 houses on the pickle factory site
2. Taylor Whimpy - seeking planning permission for gate access to a field off stanhill road.
Is the building trade so bad at the moment that these two giants of the building world need these small developments to keep them going, or are they both after a foothold in Hyndburn to become a preferred developer for the land created off Blackburn road.

Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow plan merger - Times Online
 
park381 said:

Is the building trade so bad at the moment that these two giants of the building world need these small developments to keep them going, or are they both after a foothold in Hyndburn to become a preferred developer for the land created off Blackburn road.

Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow plan merger - Times Online
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Could be park that they make more profit from these smaller developments than the larger ones as price of the land would be at a smaller cost to other parts of the country. There again, so would the houses, but the prices 'aint so cheap at the moment.

Think the resubmissions were something to do with height, however, feel they will get passed eventually after a little 'tweeking'. :D

The big one of course this week is the go-ahead to submit plans on the Tesco store in Gt. Harwood and the Co-op extending their premises at the same time. Know they will get, but I was in the Co-op over Christmas and find it more than adequate to feed the people of Gt. Harwood. Shame the council cannot face up to the bullying Tesco.

Been a little quiet over Christmas, just one or two small ones that may be of interest:-

Dental surgery applications: 1 on Petre Court, Petre Road, Clayton and 2 at 520 Manchester Road.

Betting Shop in High Street Rishton.

The Oak Tree Inn Blackburn Road: to become Solicitors/Estate Agent.

Shop in Park Road: back to a dwelling .. this for Cashy.

ATM machines: One outside Spar in Ossie; one on Broadway outside Marks and Spencers.

Don't know if you spotted anything else interesting Park ?
 
Does anyone know precicely where in Stanhill this other application relates to
"2. Taylor Whimpy - seeking planning permission for gate access to a field off stanhill road"

Is it in connection with the building application under discussion - or maybe it portends access to yet another potential building site
 
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