Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026 Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Proposed Allocation

Statement of Consultation Supplement:

Regulation 22 (1) (c) report

September 2014

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1. Introduction

1.1 This Supplement has been prepared to meet the requirements of Regulation 22 (1) (c) of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. It sets out the consultation which has been undertaken during the preparation of the Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Preferred Options which forms part of the Chorley Local Plan 2012 -2026. In order to meet the requirements the Supplement will set out the following information:

Who was consulted

How they were consulted

A summary of the main issues raised in response to consultation.

How representations made have been taken into account in the Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Proposed Allocation Document.

1.2 A previous version of this Supplement was made available in June 2014 alongside the Gypsy and

Traveller and Traveling Showpeople Preferred Options. Following this Preferred Options stage it has been updated to set out how the Council consulted at the Preferred Option stage and how many representations were received in relation to the Preferred Options with a summary of these representations and the Council’s response. Copies of all representation received in relation to the Preferred Options consultation, and all other submission documents, have been submitted to the Inspector for independent examination.

1.3 The Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026 has been prepared in accordance with the Council’s Adopted

Statement of Community Involvement (SCI – July 2006) and the Council’s new emerging SCI. The SCI sets out how Chorley Council consults with stakeholders and the community. The Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Proposed Sites has been prepared in accordance with the procedures set out within it, namely by;

Evidence gathering

A minimum six week consultation

Notification to all interested parties and statutory consultees

Opportunities to make representations. 1.4 It’s also considered that the Council is fully compliant with its emerging Statement of Community

Involvement 2014. The Council’s emerging Statement of Community Involvement 2014 has been prepared in line with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended) which reflect the reforms set out in the Localism Act 2011, and consolidates the changes made to the 2004 Regulations into a single document; and ensure the new regulations are as effective and simple as possible. These include:

Local planning authorities are required to make information on their planning activity available to their communities as soon as it is ready, and to do so on-line;

The new regulations prescribe additional bodies that are subject to the ‘duty to co-operate’ under section 110 of the Localism Act 2011.

The preparation and adoption stages by local planning authorities of development plan documents and supplementary planning documents including as to consultation with interested persons and bodies and the documents which must be made available at each stage.

1.5 The SCI also covers the consultation process for when a Neighbourhood Plan application is submitted

and the consultation process for the Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule. The Council’s 2014 Statement of Community Involvement will be considered by Full Council on 23 September 2014 for adoption.

2. Duty to Co-operate

2.1 The Duty to Co-operate (the Duty) is set out in Section 33A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase

Act 2004 (as amended by Section 110) of the Localism Act 2011. It applies to all local planning authorities, county councils in England and to a number of other “prescribed” bodies. Regulation 4 of

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the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 sets out who those “prescribed” bodies are (see below).

Local planning authorities, county councils and other “prescribed” bodies are required to co-operate with each other to address strategic matters relevant to their areas in the preparation of a development plan document. The duty requires constructive and active engagement on the preparation of development plan documents and other activities relating to the sustainable development and use of land, in particular in connection with strategic infrastructure or matters that would fall under the remit of a county council. The Framework and Planning Policy for Traveller Sites also advise that local planning authorities (LPAs) and other public bodies should work collaboratively on Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople provision and reflect this in Local Plans.

2.2 Chorley Council prepared the Duty to Co-operate Supplement (June 2014) which was issued alongside the Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Preferred Options to enable all neighbouring authorities and “prescribed” bodies and all other interested parties to comment on this legal requirement should they wish. The Duty to Co-operate Statement Supplement has been updated (September 2014) and includes the six specific responses received from Bolton Council, West Lancashire Borough Council, Natural England; English Heritage, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and the Environment Agency which confirm that they are satisfied that Chorley Council has fulfilled its strategic duty to co-operate (See SCI Document: Appendix B) . Both Bolton Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council have withdrawn their original objections.

3. The Central Lancashire Core Strategy Consultation.

3.1 The Core Strategy first introduced the three Central Lancashire Councils approach to accommodating Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople in Central Lancashire and the consultation stages were:

Preferred Core Strategy 2008 which introduced Preferred Option Policy PCS10- a criteria based policy to guide the grant of planning permission for any proposals for Gypsy and Traveller or Travelling Showpeople sites. The Central Lancashire Preferred Core Strategy was published for consultation on 30 September 2008. Representations were requested to be submitted by 19 December 2008, giving a twelve week engagement period.

The Publication Core Strategy December 2010 was published for an eight week period to 31 January 2011 and included Strategic Objective SO9: To guide the provision of pitches for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpiece in appropriate locations if genuine need arises. It included Core Strategy Policy 8 – a criteria based policy on how planning applications will be dealt with in relation to Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople pitches.

Following Submission and further consultation in 2011, and Examination by an independent Inspector, the Core Strategy was adopted in July 2012 by the three Central Lancashire Councils and included Strategic Objective 9 and Policy 8: Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation.

4. Site Allocations/ Local Plan Consultation 4.1 Information on sites for development had been gathered from various sources over a number of years:

The first call for sites was carried out by Chorley Council for a six week period in September/ October 2005.

The second was carried out jointly with Preston and South Ribble Councils for a six week period in July/August 2007. Landowners and developers were invited to put forward land for consideration for development.

A further community survey relating to site suggestions ended on the 26th January 2010. The intention of this exercise was to ascertain whether the community felt that there were sites that would be particularly suitable for non-built development e.g. sport and recreation or conversely be protected from changes of use. After this deadline the Council continued to accept other site suggestions.

The January 2010 community survey consultation resulted in a site for travelling showpeople being suggested at Yarrow Bridge, Chorley. (This is one of the assessed and discounted sites that was subject to the recent Preferred Options consultation).

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The Issues and Options Discussion paper brought together results of the ‘call for sites’ exercise and was the first proposals stage of the Site Allocations and Policies paper (now Chorley Local Plan). Consultation ran from December 2010 until February 2011.

Gypsy and Traveller Consultation

4.2 The Council undertook consultation with Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople themselves and engagement with Chorley’s temporary residents as part of the Central Lancashire Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA - summer 2013 and still ongoing).

4.3 The Gypsies and Travellers Survey has informed site selection. They were asked if they felt being near

to a range of amenities was important, slightly important or not important to them. These survey results have been taken account of when assessing sites. In Chorley proximity to primary schools, secondary schools, doctors, post offices/cashpoints, public transport and main roads were considered most important.

4.4 In accordance with national guidance, the needs of the existing Traveller community have been taken

into consideration. Whilst the ‘current’ need at Hut Lane is 2 pitches (as established in the GTAA), they have expressed a need for 5 pitches now in order to accommodate immediate relatives with the potential for further expansion over the plan period. They have a strong preference for a site in their own ownership and control, if possible through freehold ownership. They support the proposal for a 0.4 ha site. If they were able to acquire it they would wish to see it developed as an extended family site, rather than divided into discrete pitches.

4.5 They have current needs for two mobile homes, three touring caravans, of which one would only be in storage while on site, a double utility block, plus parking for three vans and two cars. They would also welcome incorporating a play area/garden for the children. Factoring in the needs of the extended family, they would want the site to be able to accommodate an additional two touring caravans and parking for two vans and one car.

4.6 Council officers have also met with the existing Traveller Community on a number of occasions as detailed in paragraph 6.6.

5. Member Engagement in respect of the Provision of a Traveller Site 5.1 Member engagement to report the results of the Central Lancashire Gypsy and Traveller

Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) and discuss potential sites for allocation has been undertaken in the following ways:

Portfolio Exchange 4 December 2013

Local Development Framework Working Group 11 December 2013

Member drop in session before Executive Cabinet (5pm -6.30pm) 12 December 2013

Central Lancashire Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) 17 December 2013

Member Presentation and Learning Hour 10 February 2014

Local Development Framework Working Group 12th March 2014

Central Lancashire LDF Joint Advisory Committee 26th March 2014

Local Development Framework Working Group 20 May 2014

Member Briefing 29 May 2014

Full Council endorsement of permanent sites for consultation 3 June 2014 5.2 Following the Preferred Options Consultation

A Member Drop in Session was held on 18 August 2014, 4.30 -5.45pm where officers were on hand to provide an over-view of the representations received during the consultation.

Special Local Development Framework Working Group 22 August 2014

Full Council endorsement of proposed site 4 September 2014

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6. Consultation on the Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople

Preferred Options 6.1 This 6 week consultation ran between 4 June 2014 and 16 July 2014 and aimed to:

Maintain open dialogue with consultees (residents/ statutory agencies) on the Preferred Site for Allocation;

Request responses on the Council’s Preferred Site for Allocation as well as those that have been assessed and discounted;

Identify other potential sites not proposed previously; and

Identify any key local issues that could inform the selection of a proposed site for allocation.

6.2 Following on from the principles set out in Chorley Councils SCI, the consultation has been undertaken using methods set out below;

All information is posted on the Chorley Council website including an online (survey monkey) representation form

Social networking e.g. Twitter, Facebook

Local press releases/articles (e.g Chorley Guardian 10 June, 17 June, 22 July, 2 Sept 2014)

Emails and letters to Councillors and Town and Parish Councils including the Preferred Options document and associated supporting documents.

Over 1,500 letters sent to local businesses, landowners, agents and other consultees

LDF Member Working group report, Executive Cabinet report, Full Council Report

Documents deposited in all libraries and post offices in villages without a library in the Borough

Documents deposited in the Council Civic Offices at Union Street, Chorley 6.3 Appendix 1 sets out a list of those consulted on the Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople

Preferred Options either by letter or email. This list includes stakeholders, members of the public, agencies, developers, those people who were consulted as part of the Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Assessment and all those people who have registered to be on the Local Plan database to be notified of Local Development Framework work and consultations.

6.4 Council officers met with representatives of the Cowling Action Group on 26 June 2014 at the Union Street offices, Chorley, to clarify matters of detail and issues in respect of the Preferred Site Options document and associated documents e.g. Sustainability Appraisal.

6.5 The Chief Executive, Head of Planning and Head of Governance met with representatives of the Cowling Action Group on 18 July 2014 at Chorley Town Hall to clarify matters of process and detail and issues in respect of the Preferred Site.

6.6 Chorley Council officers had a meeting with Chorley’s Travelling Community and their planning consultant Michael Hargreaves on the Gypsy and Traveller Preferred Options on 8th July 2014 at the Civic Offices, Union Street, Chorley (Record of meeting as prepared by Chorley Council is attached at Appendix 2).

6.7 During the consultation period some 30 representations were submitted and considered by officers to be potentially contrary to the Council’s Racist Representations Policy. The Council has a legal duty under the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the impact of such remarks on the fostering of good relations between communities. Accordingly these representors were contacted and invited to resubmit their representation in full or part.

7. Overview of Consultation Representations.

7.1 In total 315 representations were received (including petitions, which are counted as one submission). 294 representations related to the specific sites considered and the remaining 21 representations related to general comments on the document as a whole. A Summary Table of Site Specific Representations is attached at Appendix 3.

7.2 Of the representations relating to sites, the majority (100) related to the preferred option, Cowling Farm. Most of these representations (89, one of which is a petition signed by 327 people) were objecting to

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the selection of this site as the preferred option. Two other petitions were also received, one for Northgate Drive signed by 187 people and one for Crosse Hall Lane (now named Haworth Road) signed by 419 people. There was also some support for the selection of Cowling Farm as the preferred option. Eight representations were received in support and an additional 23 respondents who used the representation form to submit comments, but whose comments related to another site, answered ‘yes’ to Question 2 which asked ‘Do you agree that the Council’s preferred site at Cowling Farm should be taken forward as a formal allocation?’

7.3 A significant number of representations objecting to the other sites considered were also received with the exception of Land at Ackhurst Road and Hut Lane which received few representations.

7.4 A small number of the representations relating to the sites were neither supporting nor objecting to the site, they were mainly from statutory bodies such as English Heritage and the Highways Agency and provided advice on information that would need to be submitted if a planning application were received for that particular site.

7.5 Of the representations relating to general comments on the document, the majority were objecting to the consultation process as, in accordance with the Statement of Community Involvement, properties neighbouring Cowling Farm and the other sites considered were not individually notified unless they had previously been involved in the Local Plan process or had asked to be kept informed of planning policy documents.

7.6 While the majority of representations were from residents, representations were also received from statutory consultees, neighbouring councils, three ward councillors (a joint submission) and 4 Parish/Town Councils.

7.7 Cllrs Bradley, Murray and Walmsley jointly submitted a representation on behalf of those who had made known their concerns about the proposed Yarrow Bridge Site.

7.8 Adlington Town Council, Astley Village Parish Council, Euxton Parish Council and Heath Charnock Parish Council supported the selection of Cowling Farm. Adlington Town Council also considered the document to be well prepared and to explain the issues clearly.

7.9 Although not formerly recorded as a representation, Lindsay Hoyle MP also wrote to the Council seeking that the consultation was suspended due to the premise on which the requirement for a permanent site was established being flawed. This letter was forwarded to the Inspector.

7.10 The neighbouring Councils of Bolton, and West Lancs Borough who previously objected to the Local Plan now, support the plan. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council did not make representations on the Preferred Options document but covered this issue in their response to the Duty to Co-operate consultation indicating support for Chorley Council’s approach.

7.11 Representations were also made on the wording of the proposed modifications. Many respondents took issue with the requirement expressed as a ‘minimum’ of five pitches but did not suggest alterative wording. In particular Mr Hargreaves on behalf of the Linfoot family suggested changes to the wording and the detail of this is addressed later in this report.

8. Summary of Representations and Council’s Response

General Comments

Consultation

8.1 Representations were received in relation to ‘general’ matters. The majority of ‘general’ comments were objecting to the consultation process as, in accordance with the Statement of Community Involvement/Localism Act, properties neighbouring any of the nine sites were not individually notified unless they had previously been involved in the Local Plan process or had asked to be kept informed of planning policy documents. Requests were also made for the Council to suspend the consultation in the light of a perceived flaw in the process, for example, an inaccurate calculation in the Sustainability Appraisal of the Yarrow Bridge site where the distance to further/higher education was incorrect.

8.2 Although not formerly recorded as a representation, the MP also wrote to the Council seeking that the consultation was suspended due to the premise on which the requirement for a permanent site was established being flawed. This letter was forwarded to the Inspector.

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8.3 Objections were also received from the settled community in terms of engagement on Gypsy and Traveller issues and sites before the Preferred Options consultation as the Preferred Options paper included a list of sites that had been put forward by the Gypsy and Traveller community.

Council’s Response

8.4 The approach taken is in accordance with the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The SCI sets out the approach to consultation on planning policy documents. It does not require residents/businesses that are in the vicinity of a proposed allocation (or rejected alternatives) to be consulted on an individual basis. Such policy proposals are publicised by other means such as press releases, updates to the Council website, informing local Councillors, and parish Councils where they exist. In addition, for Local Plan consultations, the Council consults directly with everybody that is listed on our Local Plan consultation database. Individuals or interested groups received a Preferred Options consultation letter if they had requested their names to be added to the Local Plan consultation database. Others notified about the Preferred Options consultation were those who made representations to the Local Plan at an earlier stage (for example, a number of residents living in the vicinity of Cowling Farm received letters because they had made comments at earlier stages of the Local Plan process and were therefore on the database). This Statement of Consultation Supplement identifies the consultation which has been undertaken during the preparation of the Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Preferred Options which forms part of the Chorley local Plan 2012-2026 (See section 6.1 -6.3).

8.5 References by some objectors to a lack of compliance with the Localism Act 2011 referred, in turn, to a duty to consult – this is considered to be in relation to the provision in section 122, whereby provision is made for mandatory pre-application consultation by an applicant before submission of a planning application. This provision, yet to be brought into force, is not relevant to publicity for, and consultation upon, a proposed modification to a development plan document.

8.6 In terms of inaccuracies in the evidence base or consultation documents, it is considered that the purpose of consultation is to allow an opportunity for such concerns to be brought to the attention of the Council, to enable the Council to correct such matters and reconsider the approach to &/or selection of a site. The Council has corrected the inaccurate distance for further/higher education in the Sustainability Appraisal for Yarrow Bridge; this does not affect the overall band of the site.

8.7 The representation form and guidance notes provide information and questions which cover the legal requirements required under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Localism Act 2011 and the guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework. In addition to this form the Council has accepted comments by letter and email. A direct link was placed on the homepage of the Council’s website when concerns were raised about the accessibility of the information. The Council also made an online consultation form available through Survey Monkey. The Council considers the process of arriving at an allocation to be legally compliant and sound.

8.8 The letter received from the MP was forwarded to the Inspector.

8.9 The Preferred Options consultation was a continuation of the Local Plan Examination. As part of preparation of the Local Plan a ‘call for sites’ was undertaken which included potential sites for Gypsies and Travellers.

Sustainability Appraisal – Approach to & Explanation of preferred site – Scope of Sites for Consideration – transparency of process

8.10 Representations were also made on the accuracy and/or appropriateness of the sustainability assessment/appraisal. These included lack of explanation of the SA to inform the preferred site and the lack of justification for the preferred site.

8.11 Chris Weetman on behalf of Cowling residents provided an alternative assessment of sites using weighting for the indicators falling within SA objectives S1, S2, ENE3 and ENE5. These objectives are as follows:

S1: To reduce the need to travel and improve transport accessibility in sustainable ways.

S2: To improve health and wellbeing and/or improve access to health care, sport and recreation, culture, community and education facilities and services, particularly in deprived areas.

EN3: To tackle climate change and enable sustainable use of the earth’s resources.

EN5: To protect and enhance water resources and minimise pollution of water, air and soil.

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8.12 He recommended that on sustainability grounds using this methodology the best locations for a Gypsy and Traveller site are either a combination of Crosse Hall Lane and Northgate Drive, Northgate Drive by itself or Cabbage Hall Fields by itself.

8.13 Representations were also made about the transparency and accuracy of the approach to site selection, and the dismissal of Green Belt sites put forward by the Traveller community when the Council have suggested several Green Belt sites.

8.14 An additional site was also suggested adjacent to the Hartwood/M61 roundabout. This has been identified as Gale Moss.

Council’s Response

8.15 National Planning Practice Guidance states “The sustainability appraisal should only focus on what is needed to assess the likely significant effects of the Local Plan. It should focus on the environmental, economic and social impacts that are likely to be significant. It does not need to be done in any more detail, or using more resources, than is considered to be appropriate for the content and level of detail in the Local Plan."

8.16 The SA scoring is not weighted as it is not considered that some indicators have more importance. The purpose of the SA is to give a general overview of the sustainability of sites to be able to compare their sustainability, but it is not the only factor taken into consideration when deciding allocations. A number of other factors such as deliverability need to be taken into consideration.

8.17 The Council considers that the methodology for Sustainability Appraisal/Assessment has already been considered by the Inspector, and has been found sound in her partial report.

8.18 Further analysis of the merits of each site has been undertaken. This has considered the information provided from residents and stakeholders, including consultees and has reviewed the Sustainability Indicators for each site. Where considered necessary the actual premises measured to are included.

8.19 The Council has also examined sites put forward by the Gypsy and Traveller community as identified at Appendix 2 of the Preferred Options Document. All are in private ownership therefore the Council has no control over the land and cannot ensure deliverability; a number have been granted planning permission; a number are in the Green Belt and are deemed inappropriate development in the Framework and Planning Policy for Traveller Sites; and a number lie within a high risk flood zone. The Council endeavoured to find the location of all sites identified but were not able to identify the exact location of one site as not enough information or exact site details were provided by the gypsy and traveller community despite providing plans of the borough and having a meeting. The Council has assessed land in its ownership, over which it has control and therefore can ensure deliverability. The Council has also asked other stakeholders with major landholdings whether they have any suitable land available and they have confirmed that they do not have any suitable sites. In addition the Council has looked at sites suggested through its "call for sites" for the Local Plan in 2005 and 2007. Yarrow Bridge and Westhoughton Road have been included as they are previously developed sites in the Green Belt. The Hut Lane site has been included because it received temporary permission in July 2013 for 2 years and Planning Policy for Traveller sites states that the merits of using it permanently should be assessed against the new sites.

8.20 The site suggested, Gale Moss, is a 6.9 hectare prime employment allocation adjacent to the M61 junction catering for all employment uses (EP1.3 Land to North East of M61 Junction (Gale Moss). The allocated site is considered suitable for B1 (Business), B2 (General Industrial) and B8 uses (Storage and Distribution). It forms an important site for employment land supply in the Borough and has therefore not been considered as an allocation for Gypsy and Traveller provision. Accordingly, a Traveller site allocation would be contrary to Chorley Local Plan Policy EP1: Employment Site Allocations and Central Lancashire Core Strategy Policy 10: Employment Sites and Premises which seek to protect such sites for employment use. The site is in private ownership therefore the Council has no control over the land and cannot ensure deliverability.

Financial Considerations

8.21 Several comments were made about the impact upon property values, and that prospective house sales had ‘fallen through’ due to the consultation. Questions were raised as to whether the Council would compensate for a loss in property values &/or in relation to sales that had ‘fallen through’

8.22 Comments were also received on the financial merits of permitting the Linfoot family to remain on the Heath Paddock site, in that there would be no further cost in doing so, and that the ‘opportunity cost” in allocating another site would not be lost. Other comments were made in relation to specific sites (e.g.

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the relative costs of each site; that Cowling Farm was the most expensive option; the potential impact on land value for the wider allocation at Cowling Farm) and these are addressed later in the report.

Council’s Response

8.23 The Council considers that actual or perceived impact on property value is not a material planning consideration.

8.24 In terms of the impact upon the public purse or taxpayer in allocating a site, the Council is charged with assessing the objectively met needs of its area, which includes the needs of Gypsies & Travellers. The model for delivery could be a Council owned and managed site, or a private site.

8.25 The Council may be eligible for grant funding. However, the prospect of achieving funding of a site per se by the Council or any party, including the potential for grant funding, is a matter that may be relevant to the deliverability of a proposed allocation in a development plan document.

Representations from Statutory Consultees

8.26 Some statutory agencies submitted information on what would be required if a planning application were submitted.

8.27 English Heritage and The Coal Authority provided comments on specific sites.

8.28 United Utilities gave information on connections for foul and surface water for all sites and the Environment Agency provided further comments on all of the sites considered.

Council’s Response

8.29 Site specific comments from English Heritage and The Coal Authority have been included in the‘ representations submitted in relation to specific sites’ section of this Consultation Statement.

8.30 Comments from United Utilities and the Environment Agency have been addressed in the review of the assessment of each site.

Representations from the existing Gypsy and Traveller Community

8.31 Council officers met with the Linfoot family and their consultant on 8th July 2014, with the primary objective of establishing detailed need requirements in order to inform the design and layout of the final allocated site. At that meeting, the Linfoot family indicated that they were prepared to consider Cowling Farm.

8.32 The only person identifying themselves as a Gypsy/Traveller who made representations was Mr Linfoot. Representations were also made on behalf of the Hut Lane Travellers by their consultant Mr Hargreaves.

8.33 A response was submitted from a consultant representing the Traveller community at Hut Lane. Whilst the ‘current’ need at Hut Lane is 2 pitches (as established in the draft GTAA), they have expressed a need for 5 pitches now in order to accommodate immediate relatives with the potential for further expansion over the plan period.

8.34 They have a strong preference for a site in their own ownership and control, if possible through freehold ownership. They support the proposal for a 0.4 ha site. If they were able to acquire it they would wish to see it developed as an extended family site, rather than divided into discrete pitches.

8.35 They have current needs for two mobile homes, three touring caravans, of which one would only be in storage while on site, a double utility block, plus parking for three vans and two cars. They would also welcome incorporating a play area/garden for the children. Factoring in the needs of the extended family, they would want the site to be able to accommodate an additional two touring caravans and parking for two vans and one car.

8.36 Their first preference is to remain at their existing site, particularly if they were able to acquire the other half of the original Hut Lane site. In terms of alternative sites, the family’s strong preference is for the Council preferred site at Cowling Farm. A key objective for the family would be to enable the site to be delivered quickly without substantial disruption form the subsequent development of the rest of the site. They consider the most satisfactory way of achieving this would be to locate the Traveller site in the bottom south-west corner of the larger site with its own access from Cowling Road/Weavers Brow. The other site that could be attractive to the family would be Harrison’s Farm, Adlington, but only the area

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south west of the farm-house with access from Old School Lane. All the other sites have been discounted for reasons similar to those put forward in the Preferred Options Report.

8.37 A separate response from Mr Linfoot expressed a desire to remain at Hut Lane and did not support the allocation of Cowling Farm due to issues around accessing the site through the Green Belt.

Representations on Proposed Modifications

8.38 Many representations were received objecting to the requirement being expressed as a ‘minimum’ of five pitches. They are concerned that this means that more pitches will be provided at Cowling Farm due to the site being 9.5ha.

8.39 Mr Hargreaves on behalf of the Linfoot family suggested changes to the proposed modification to paragraph 5.7 of the Local Plan. He stated that the serious accommodation shortage should be recognised and suggested the following text is added “There is a critical shortage of accommodation for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople nationally, regionally and locally within Central Lancashire.”

Council’s Response

8.40 The Council is tasked with allocating a site for a minimum of 5 pitches as directed by the Local Plan Inspector. The figure of 5 is expressed as a minimum in the context of ongoing research. This figure is largely based on the needs of the existing Traveller community at Hut Lane. A final Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Needs Assessment will inform definitive need figures which will be progressed through a separate Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Local Plan.

8.41 No change is proposed to the proposed modification MMEC66 para 5.7 text because the Council are making provision for a permanent Gypsy and Traveller site in the Borough within the Local Plan. Para 5.10 of the proposed modifications is explicit that there may be a need resulting from overcrowding on existing sites, concealed households or those living in bricks and mortar which the current GTAA has been unable to identify. Para 5.11 of the proposed modifications confirms the Council now commits to undertake further work on the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA), this work has now started. Para 5.11 of the proposed modifications also indicates the Council will prepare a joint Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Local Plan in line with the outcomes of the further GTAA work , to include transit site provision.

Other matters

8.42 Other non-site specific objections were received relating to failure by the Council to follow a transparent, fair and proper process, in particular that the whole matter should be restarted and also that the report to Full Council was a part 2 item.

Council’s Response

8.43 The local plan examination has been effectively suspended while the Council considers the allocation of a suitable site for a minimum of five pitches. As such, the formal stages for plan preparation are not restarted. The Council is following the direction and timetable set by the examining inspector.

8.44 The reasons for the report to Full Council on 3 June 2014 being a part 2 report were that firstly it contained personal information relating to the children of potential occupants of the site. Secondly the fact that a particular site could potentially be allocated might have had an effect on the value of neighbouring land. In the event that certain sites considered in the report were not approved by members for consultation there would be no public interest in this information being published. However consultation for all sites mentioned in the report was approved on 3 June which meant that the report could then be published.

8.45 The Council released an additional version of the part 2 report on 3rd July 2014 shortly after the Full Council meeting.

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9. Representations Submitted in relation to Specific Sites

9.1 This section summarises the site specific objections, and in response, the Council has reviewed the sustainability assessments, and reviewed the relative merits of each site to inform the conclusion on the recommended site for proposed allocation.

9.2 It includes reference to general matters such as property values, for which the Council response is not repeated (see para 8.23).

Site 1 - Cowling Farm, Chorley – Proposed Allocation

Objections

9.3 The main reasons for objection include issues such as road access, use of Green Belt land for the access which is the subject of a restrictive covenant, topography of the site, the impact on property prices and local businesses and concerns that the size of the site will attract more Gypsies and Travellers and grow out of control.

Council’s Response

9.4 The access to the proposed Gypsy and Traveller site has yet to be finalised. Lancashire County Council Highways have provided an updated response. They identify that there are three potential accesses to the site with access off Moorland Gate being the preferred access route from a highways perspective. Moorland Gate is an adopted public highway to the turning head end of the road and there is scope for the sort of improvements that they would wish to see to enable access between the site and local facilities on foot and by bus (for example a formal footway along the eastern side of the road). Current access made off the road by the businesses served off Moorland Gate would not be impeded by the projected use of the site, although there would be an inevitable loss of on-street parking at the junction should a new access be taken off Moorland Gate. Details of how the access will be designed, laid out and constructed will be submitted as part of any future planning application for an allocated site which is when more thorough highways assessments will be undertaken by Lancashire County Council.

9.5 Under Para 90 of the Framework, certain forms of development are 'not inappropriate in the Green Belt provided they preserve the openness of the Green Belt and do not conflict with the purpose of including land in the Green Belt'. These include 'local transport infrastructure which can demonstrate a requirement for a Green Belt location.' In a case where access is required through the Green Belt, this would not affect the openness of the Green Belt and the site would be wholly situated within an area allocated for a mix of housing and employment use. However, in light of more detailed comments from LCC Highways it is not necessary to pursue this access and it will not be necessary to seek the agreement to release the covenants for the specific area of land at Cowling Farm.

9.6 The undulating topography of the site will be taken account of as part of the masterplanning process for the site. It is considered that some contouring will be required to facilitate the development of the Gypsy and Traveller pitches and the allocation as a whole.

9.7 The Preferred Options document is explicit and refers that the site area required for Cowling Farm is estimated at 0.4 hectares. The site will be located within the 9.5 hectare site allocated in the Chorley Local Plan for a mix of employment and housing. If a specific part of the allocation is identified now for the Gypsy and Traveller element it will prejudice:

Community engagement between the settled and Traveller community.

The masterplanning process.

Highways options in relation to the delivery of the mixed use site.

9.8 As with any other development, the Council will liaise with the police authority in order to arrive at an appropriate design and layout and ensure that the site is fit for purpose. Measures will be implemented in order to help prevent crime and promote community safety. In relation to the fear of an illegal encampment on the adjacent land, if this were to occur the Council has enforcement powers and risk can be mitigated by security measures.

9.10 English Heritage submitted representations identifying the need for a heritage impact assessment to be undertaken for Cowling Farm as it is located in close proximity to a listed building. They agreed that if

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this work was undertaken they would withdraw their objection. The Council have now prepared a heritage impact assessment for this site in co-operation with English Heritage and they have agreed that mitigation will secure an acceptable relationship between development on the proposed site and the designated heritage asset.

9.11 The Environment Agency supports the preferred option for Gypsy and Traveller provision at Cowling Farm, Chorley.

9.12 United Utilities position remains as per their historic comments and they would seek the disposal of surface water to be directed to the local river and foul effluent to be discharged into the Croston Trunk sewer, unless otherwise agreed in writing. Access to a clean water supply is also possible but will require further detailed discussions with United Utilities to agree.

Yarrow Bridge Depot, Chorley – Not Proposed

Objections

9.13 The main reasons for objection include the site is in the Green Belt, impact on the River Yarrow and adjacent woodland, impact on the pub and hotel and property prices, road safety issues, contamination issues and potential flood risk.

Council’s Response

9.14 Yarrow Bridge has been considered and discounted because it falls within the Green Belt and there are no 'exceptional' circumstances which would warrant its allocation as the Council has identified other potential sites that do not fall within the Green Belt.

9.15 Central Lancashire Core Strategy Policy 29: Water Management seeks to improve water quality, water management and reduce the risk of flooding. Chorley Local Plan 2012-26 Policy BNE1 - Design Criteria for New Development (criteria f) protects important natural habitats and landscape features such as mature trees and hedgerows. Policy BNE9: - Trees also protects trees. Any planning application for development of this site would have to conform to these policies. Spring Woods is an ancient woodland but the ancient woodland buffer zone is outside the Yarrow Bridge site boundary.

9.16 Lancashire County Council Highways have considered relevant highways issues including the bus stop and stated that there may need to be localised widening and/or right turn provision to facilitate such an allocation. Suitable local safety improvements will also be expected to be carried out within close proximity of the site access to mitigate any adverse impact on the safety of road users, particularly pedestrians and cyclists. This should include appropriate surface level crossings such as pedestrian refuges, zebra crossings etc.

9.17 The Preferred Options report states that there are no known contamination issues and a low likelihood of contamination, however further checks are needed to confirm this. The nature of contamination would be verified through ground investigation works that would be undertaken as part of any proposed allocation and appropriate mitigation measures undertaken.

9.18 Advice in relation to flooding and water issues has been provided by the Environment Agency and United Utilities and this has contributed to detailed site assessments. The Environment Agency has confirmed the site boundary of Yarrow Bridge is not located in Flood Zone 2 (medium probability of flooding), although the access road to the site from Bolton Road (A6) would be. Therefore the Environment Agency advise that no vulnerable part of the development, which in this case would be caravans, should be located in Flood Zone 2. Provided that this is adhered to, the Environment Agency are satisfied that the intended use of the site would not be an unacceptable level of flood risk.

Cabbage Hall Fields, Chorley – Not Proposed

Representations

9.19 The main reasons for objection include loss of privacy and noise and disturbance from the site, impact on house prices, loss of the only greenspace in the area and access.

Council’s Response

9.20 The Council has discounted this site as a Gypsy and Traveller site because of the changes in the levels on site which are likely to restrict the number of pitches that could be accommodated.

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9.21 Chorley Local Plan 2012-26 Policy BNE1 - Design Criteria for New Development criteria g) seeks to ensure that any new development will not cause 'an unacceptable degree of noise disturbance to surrounding land uses'. This issue can be addressed at the planning application stage, however in the Council’s judgement there is no evidence that the requirements of this policy cannot be met.

9.22 The site is not allocated as a children's playspace, rather it is allocated for housing in the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, therefore the principle of residential development is accepted.

9.23 Lancashire County Council has no highway objections to this proposal and has no concerns for the capacity of Millennium Way/Drumhead Road to cope with the proposed site. It is not proposed that Cowslip Way and Drumhead Road are connected and opened for vehicular traffic.

Land off Westhoughton Road, Heath Charnock – Not Proposed

Representations

9.24 The main reasons for objection include the site is in the Green Belt, potential contamination of the site, site is not available, it is not a safe site for children due to it being between the A6 and canal and the impact in the canoe club.

Council’s Response

9.25 Westhoughton Road has been considered and discounted because it falls within the Green Belt and there are no 'exceptional' circumstances which would warrant its allocation as the Council has identified other potential sites that do not fall within the Green Belt.

9.26 As stated in the Preferred Options report there are several historic land uses that could potentially have caused ground contamination. The Coal Authority has made comments on this site and require that if this site were to be developed then a site investigation should be undertaken and locate and assess the recorded mine entry to establish its current condition and the remedial works required to ensure that any development activity within the vicinity will not be at risk from this existing feature.

9.27 The Environment Agency has confirmed this site is located on top of a historic tip and would require an appropriate ground investigation report that will assess any potential impacts on controlled waters.

9.28 The Council is aware that Lancashire County Council use this land for storage and that there may be issues around site ownership. Only if the site was taken forward would issues around safety, services and utilities be explored further.

9.29 Lancashire County Council Highways has commented for the proposal to be acceptable the following measures will be required; extension of the existing footway on the west side of the road past the site access to the existing layby; speed reduction measures either through road markings and coloured surfacing or extension of the 40mph speed restriction past the site towards north and measures to allow safe crossing of the road.

9.30 The canoe club has a separate access which would not impact on the allocation.

9.31 The Coal Authority submitted representations requesting some changes to be made to the document. They identified that this site has been subject to coal mining which has left a legacy of unstable land which will need to be assessed and appropriate remedial works undertaken prior to site occupation. The requested additional text has been added to the site assessment.

Land at Ackhurst Road, Chorley – Not Proposed

Representations

9.32 There was one objection to the site due to issues with Travellers setting up camp illegally on the industrial estate in the past.

Council’s Response

9.33 The Council acknowledges use of the site for unauthorised encampment in the past. The Council has a protocol in place to deal with unauthorised encampments and has enforcement powers to deal with such sites. The presence of unauthorised encampments has not been material in selecting a site. Data on unauthorised encampments has been taken account of in the GTAA.

9.34 The Coal Authority submitted representations requesting some changes to be made to the document. They identified that this site has been subject to coal mining which has left a legacy of unstable land

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which will need to be assessed and appropriate remedial works undertaken prior to site occupation. The requested additional text has been added to the site assessment.

Land Adjacent to Northgate Drive, Chorley – Not Proposed

Representations

9.35 The main reasons for objection include impact on house prices, access, loss of the only greenspace in the area and loss of trees on the site.

Council’s Response

9.36 The proposed access is from Chorley North Industrial Estate. Lancashire County Council has stated that it has no highways objections in principle provided measures can be taken to limit the use of the residential access by large vehicles and caravans.

9.37 This site is allocated for housing in the emerging Chorley Local Plan 2012-26. The adjacent open space is not allocated as open space in the Chorley Local Plan but it is an area of amenity greenspace that is protected in accordance with Policy HW2 (Protection of Existing Open Space, Sport and Recreational Facilities). The site was not assessed by the Open Space Study because it is below the 0.2 hectare threshold but is considered to provide amenity value.

9.38 Any application for development on the site would have to satisfy Local Plan Policy BNE1: Design Criteria for New Development which protects general amenity and covers noise and landscaping/tree issues. The proposed allocation for housing has already been considered sound.

Haworth Road (previously named Crosse Hall Lane), Chorley – Not Proposed

Representations

9.39 The main reasons for objection include the site is not big enough to accommodate five pitches, traffic problems, impact on house prices, site could be used for St James’ Primary School to expand and it is not in-keeping with the Rivington View estate.

Council’s Response

9.40 The Council has discounted this site as a Gypsy and Traveller site because the site is too small to accommodate the minimum 5 permanent pitches required. The Council acknowledges that the site's size would restrict the number of plots and the provision of any amenity space. It is on a main access road and is highly visible. It would not satisfy Core Strategy Policy 8.

9.41 Highways issues have been considered by Lancashire County Council Highways, who have stated that the junction of Eaves Lane and Crosse Hall Lane could safely allow passage of caravans and that although the junction can get congested during school pick up and drop off periods, there would be no highway objections to the location of this site.

9.42 Lancashire County Council Education Department contributed to the process of additional school places in Chorley and did not raise any such issues in respect of the expansion of St James' Primary School.

9.43 Local Plan Policies are in place to protect the general amenity of an area.

Harrison’s Farm, Adlington – Not Proposed

Representations

9.44 The main reasons for objection include access, loss of use of the site for recreation and wildlife, rainwater drainage, loss of productive farmland, impact on house prices and ownership issues.

Council’s Response

9.45 Harrison's Farm is designated as an area of land safeguarded for future development needs and for allotments and a cemetery extension in the Chorley Local Plan 2012-26, therefore the principal of future development is established.

9.46 Lancashire County Council highways have stated that local safety improvements could be made to deliver this proposal. It is recognised that the canal bridge is a Grade II listed structure and an impact assessment has been undertaken. It is considered that this bridge would not be a suitable access.

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9.47 Local Plan Policy BNE11 gives priority to the insitu conservation of protected species which can often be achieved through careful design, landscaping, timing and method of development.

9.48 United Utilities have provided further information on this site and state 'Foul and clean water pipes run through the site, therefore access to our infrastructure may be possible but will require further detailed discussions with United Utilities to agree. We would seek the disposal of surface water via the nearest watercourse (or should this be demonstrated as not feasible, through other sustainable means). The location of our existing assets within the site may restrict the layout of the development and/or make the site unviable as protection measures will need to be agreed for our infrastructure.'

9.49 It is recognised that not all of the land is in Council ownership. The site is 11.8ha in total. Part of the site is allocated for allotments and a cemetery extension. Of the remaining land the Council own 7.9ha, therefore the site could be delivered on Council owned land.

9.50 English Heritage submitted representations identifying the need for a heritage impact assessment to be undertaken for Harrison’s Farm as it is located in close proximity to a listed building. They agreed that if this work was undertaken they would withdraw their objection. The Council have now prepared a heritage impact assessment for the site in co-operation with English Heritage and they have agreed that mitigation will secure an acceptable relationship between development on the proposed site and the designated heritage asset.

9.51 The Coal Authority submitted representations requesting some changes to be made to the document. They identified that this site has been subject to coal mining which has left a legacy of unstable land which will need to be assessed and appropriate remedial works undertaken prior to site occupation. The requested additional text has been added to the site assessment.

Hut Lane, Heath Charnock – Not Proposed

Representations

9.52 There was one objection to the site due to the long history of conflict between the residents of the site and the adjacent settled community, the site is in the Green Belt and it is unsustainable.

Council’s Response

9.53 Although in the Green Belt the Hut Lane site has been included in the Council's assessment because it received temporary permission in July 2013 for 2 years and Planning Policy for Traveller sites states that the merits of using it permanently should be assessed against the new sites.

9.54 It is acknowledged the site is adjacent to a residential area where there have been continued objections to the use of the site to accommodate Travellers.

9.55 The Hut Lane site has a poor sustainability score - Band D.

9.56 The Coal Authority submitted representations requesting some changes to be made to the document. They identified that this site has been subject to coal mining which has left a legacy of unstable land which will need to be assessed and appropriate remedial works undertaken prior to site occupation. The requested additional text has been added to the site assessment.

10 Further Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Provision – Permanent and Transit Provision

10.1 A joint Development Plan Document (adoption March 2016) will be prepared by Chorley Council,

Preston City Council and South Ribble Borough Council on Gypsy and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople to deal with the outcomes of the additional study work required on permanent, transit and travelling showpeople provision. This will be started in December 2014 on completion of additional GTAA work (started and ongoing).

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APPENDIX 1 8.alutation First Name Surname Position Organisation

Sir/Madam Secretary

Sir/Madam

Sir/Madam Headteacher Abbey Village County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Adlington County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Adlington St Paul's Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Albany Science College

Sir/Madam Headteacher Anderton County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Anderton St Josephs RC Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Astley Park Special School

Sir/Madam Barrows of Coppull Ltd

Sirs Bigwood Chartered Surveyors

Sir/Madam Clerk Bispham Parish Council

Sirs Blackburn Evening Telegraph

Sir/Madam Headteacher Bretherton Endowed CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Brindle Gregson Lane County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Brindle St James CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Brindle St Joseph's RC Primary School

Sirs Business Publications Limited

Sir/Madam Cass Associates

Sir/Madam CDI AndersElite Limited

Sir/Madam Headteacher Charnock Richard CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley All Saints CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley Buckshaw County Primary School

Sir/ Madam Chorley Deaf and Hard of Hearing Club

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley Duke St County Junior School

Sir/Madam Secretary Chorley Football Club

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley Gillibrand County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley Highfield County Primary School

Sir/ Madam Chorley Older People's Forum

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley Sacred Heart RC Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley St George's CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley St Gregory's RC Primary Schol

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley St James' CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley St Joseph's RC Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley St Mary's RC Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Chorley The Parish of St Laurence CE Primary School

Sir/Madam The Chair Clayton Brook Community House

Sir/Madam Headteacher Clayton Brook County Primary School

Sir/Madam Secretary Clayton Brook Village Hall

Sir/Madam Headteacher Clayton-le-Woods CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Clayton-le-Woods Primary School

Sirs Community Council of Lancashire

Sirs Coopers Taxis

Sir/Madam Headteacher Coppull & District County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Coppull Parish CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Coppull St John's CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Coppull St Oswald's RC Primary School

Sir/Madam CPRE, Lancashire Branch

Sir/Madam Secretary Croston Sports & Social Club

Sirs Cunnane Associates

Sir/Madam Cunningham Planning

Sirs Head of Regional Policy & Delivery Department for Transport Rail Group

Sirs Devonshire & Solicitors

Sir/Madam Headteacher Eccleston County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Eccleston St Mary's CE Primary School

Sirs Economy Bag Company

Sirs Eric Wright Group Limited

Sir/Madam Headteacher Euxton Balshaw Lane County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Euxton CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Euxton Primrose Hill County Primary School

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8.alutation First Name Surname Position Organisation

Sir/Madam Headteacher Euxton St Mary's RC Primary School

Sirs Faxman (t/a G Rawlings)

Sir/Madam Headteacher Heskin Pemberton's CE Primary School

Sirs John Fishwick & Sons

Sirs Chief Ambulance Officer Lancashire Ambulance Headquarters

Sirs Lancashire Federation of Women's Institutes

Sir/Madam Landmark Associates

Sirs Lea, Hough and Co

Sirs Loughlin Homes

Sirs M J McVerry

Sir/Madam Headteacher Mawdesley CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Mawdesley RC Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Mayfield Special School

Sirs Mobile Operators Association

Sirs Nat West

Sirs National Planning Casework Unit

Sirs North West Planning Natural England

Sirs Network Rail

Sir/Madam Headteacher Parklands High School

Sir/Madam Preston & West Lancashire Racial Equality Council

Sirs Primrose Holdings

Sir/Madam Raw Witts Transport

Sirs Red Rose Radio

Sir/Madam Headteacher Rivington Primary School

Sir/Madam Royal Mail Group Legal (Real Estate)

Sirs Royal Society for Nature Conservation

Sirs SHP Valuers

Sirs Silhouette Photography

Sir/Madam Headteacher Southlands High School

Sirs Sport England

Sir/Madam Headteacher St Bedes RC Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher St Chads RC Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher St Johns CE/Methodist Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher St Michael's C of E High School

Sir/Madam Headteacher St Peter's CE Primary School

Sir/ Madam Studio 89

Sirs Telewest Communications Ltd

Sir/Madam The British Horse Society

Sirs The Emerson Group

Sirs The Homebuilders Federation

Sirs The Planning Inspectorate

Sirs Town and Country Planning

Sir/Madam Headteacher Trinity and St Michael's CE Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Westwood Road County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Withnell Fold County Primary School

Sir/Madam Headteacher Withnell St Joseph's RC Primary School

Mr Steven Abbot

Sir/Madam R Abel

Mr David Abrahams

Mr Craig Ackroyd A & H Fine Foods Ltd

Ms Jenny Adam

Mr Greg Adam

Mrs Elaine Adams

Mrs M Adamson

Ms Lynda Adamson

Mrs P A Adamson Fixit DIY & Manchester House

Mr and Mrs Addison

Mr Trevor Adey Savills

Mr and Mrs B Ainscough

Mr Stephen Ainscough Birkacre Nurseries & Garden Centre

Ms Lesley Ainscough Ivy House Guest House

Mr Sabaa Ajaz Assistant Planner United Utilities, Property Services

Mr Alker

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8.alutation First Name Surname Position Organisation

Mr Max Allam Vice Chair Ethnic Minority Consultative Committee

Mr B Allan Groundwork Wigan & Chorley

Mr Robert Allen

Mr P Allis

Mr B Allman Chorley Group Chairman The Ramblers Association

Ms Kath Almond

Mr & Mrs J Almond

Mrs Elaine Almond

Ms Sheelagh Almond

Mr Andrew Almond

Mr and Mrs H Alston

Mr David Alston Brinscall & Withnell Athletic & Recreation Association

Ms Lorraine Alty

Mr Nick Ames

Sir/Madam M Anderson

Mr R Anderson N B Colour Print Ltd

Sir/Madam K Anderton

Ms Helen Andrew

Miss J Andrews

Sir/Madam R Andson

Mr Chris Anslow Environment Directorate

Mr Simon Anten

Mr T Anyon

Mrs Louise Armstrong

Sir/Madam A Armstrong

Sir/Madam D Arrowsmith

Sir/Madam M Arrowsmith

Mrs Christine Arrowsmith

Mr Derek Artis

Mr Simon Artiss Barratt Manchester Limited

Mr and Mrs William Ashall

Mrs Cheryl Ashcroft

Mr John Ashcroft

Mrs Patricia Ashcroft

Mr Gary Ashcroft HRT Commercials (Chorley) Ltd

Sir/Madam P W Ashley

Mr and Mrs S and A Ashrafi

Mr W Ashton

Mr Andrew Ashton

Mr James Graham Ashworth

Mr Andrew Ashworth

Mr Phil Ashworth Houghton House Aggregates Ltd

Mr and Mrs C & T Aspden

Mr Alan Aspden Fern Doors Ltd

Mrs J Aston

Ms Julie Atha Croft Products (UK) Ltd

Sir/Madam William, Cynthia and B

Atherfold

Sir/Madam P Atherfold The Grange

Sir/Madam J Atherton

Mrs Margaret Atherton Clerk Hilldale Parish Council

Mrs Lesley Atherton Clerk Whittle-le-Woods Parish Council

Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Atkins MEP

Mr David Atkins

Ms Sarah Atkins

Mr Nick Atkins Tarmac Ltd

Mrs S Atkinson

Miss Jill Atkinson

Mrs Kathleen Atkinson

Mr Steve Ayre

Sir/Madam K Badd Topflite (North West) Ltd

Mr Stephen Bailey Clayton Green Branch Library

Ms Claire Bailey Prontaprint

Mr Peter Baillie

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8.alutation First Name Surname Position Organisation

Ms Julie Baillie Cedar Farm Galleries

Sir/Madam G A Bairstow Sundown Bedrooms Ltd

Ms Kathryn M Baker

Mr Glynn Baker Ace Décor

Sir/Madam S Baker P & S Baker (Plant Hire)

Sir/Madam W Baldwin

Sir/Madam P Baldwin Heskin Fabrication Ltd

Mr Stuart Ball

Sir/Madam A Ball

Mrs Nora Theresa Ball

Mr Steve Ball Compound 1

Mr and Mrs Ball and Family

Mrs Debra Balshaw

Sir/Madam Paul, Rebecca and Adam

Bamber

Mr & Mrs Bamber

Mr John Bamford

Mr Robin Bamford RB Contacts Ltd

Mr Matthew Banks

Mr Peter Banks

Mr Peter Banks Croston Cricket Club

Ms Sandra Bannister European Settled Estates plc

Mrs M. A. Barker

Mr Neil Barker

Mr Norman Barker

Mr Keith Barker

Mrs Barker VME Electrical Ltd

Mr John Barlow

Mr John Barlow Barlow Trailers

Mr John Barlow Impact UK Design & Print

Ms Barbara Barlow The Coach House

Mrs W Barnard

Ms Andrea Barnard

Mr Stephen Barnes Chief Executive Pendle Borough Council

Mr Geoff Barnett Estates Manager Runshaw College

Sir/Madam G Barnish F & P Wholesale

Mr and Mrs S and L Barron

Mr Mike Barron Mike Barron Driver Training

Mrs J Barrow

Mr Richard Barton How Planning LLP

Sir/Madam M W Barton John B Lavin & Co

Mr Brian Bateman

Mr Alexander Bateman The Planning Bureau Limited

Mr George Batt

Mr Andrew Baxendale

Mr Jon Bazeley

Sir/Madam L Beardsworth Gebworth Construction Ltd

Mr Norman Beasant

Mrs M Beatty

Mr Joseph Beaumont Beaumont Transport

Mr Nigel Bebbington

Mr and Mrs Bedford

Ms Eileen Bee Chorley and South Ribble Disability Forum

Mr Graham Bee The Emerson Group

Mr Michael Beech

Mr Christopher Beech

Mr Peter Beesley

Mr Steve Beet

Miss Fiona Begbie Flic Flac Gymnastics Club

Mr Henry Bell Ayrefield Construction Ltd

Councillor Eric Bell Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Jon Bell Chorley Harriers

Mr Stephen Bell GVA Ltd on behalf of Taylor Wimpey

Mrs Barbara Bellingham

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8.alutation First Name Surname Position Organisation

Mr Stephen Benge Principal Planning Officer West Lancashire Borough Council

Mr Tom Bennett

Sir/Madam A & C Bennett

Mr Michael Bennett

Mr M G Bennett P & M Bennett

Ms Linda Benson Manor Products Ltd

Mr Stuart Benson Secretary West Pennine Moors Area Management Committee

Mr D Bentham

Sir/Madam M L Bentham Euxton Tile Supplies Ltd

Ms Diane Bentham Office Administrator Levvel Ltd

Dr Roger Bentley

Mr Andrew Berry

Mr Steven Berry

Councillor Julia Berry Councillor Chorley Council

Ms Janet Berry Chorley Equestrian Centre

Sir/Madam L Bevis

Mrs Jean Bibby

Mr David Bibby

Mr and Mrs Biel

Sir/Madam Bigwood Bigwood Chartered Surveyors

Ms C Billouin

Mr Stewart Binks Rowland Homes Ltd

Mr and Mrs Birbeck and Family

Mr and Mrs Birchall

Mr and Mrs Birchall

Mr and Mrs Birchall

Mr Walter Bird

Mr Matthew Birkinshaw Planning Officer Pegasus Planning Group

Mr Michael Birtwhistle

Mr and Mrs A Birtwistle

Mr R Bishop The Stripper

Mr Daniel Blackledge

Mr George Blacklidge Blacklidge Bros

Mr Jeremy Blackwell

Mr Tony Blake Adlington Nomads Football Club

Mr Michael Blaney

Sir/Madam F H Bleasdale F H Bleasdale (Timber) Ltd

Mr and Mrs Boden

Ms Nancy Boevon

Mrs Ilene Booth

Mr & Mrs Booth

Mr Howerd Booth

Mrs Judith Ann Boothman

Mr William Boswell

Mr Thomas Boswell

Mr Joseph Boswell

Ms Claire Botham Early Birds Private Nursery

Mr Jack Bothamley J B Publicity

Mr Mike Bottomley Savills

Mr Andrew Bower Npower Renewables

Mr David Bowl

Mr Darran Bowles Coach Education Officer Bolton Wanderers FC

Ms Diane Boyer DPDS Consulting

Ms Charlotte Boyer Plg Potential

Sir/Madam D K Boyes

Mrs Kerry Boylan

Mr David Bradley

Councillor Alistair Bradley Councillor Chorley Council

Mr John Bradshaw Senior Estate Surveyor Tarmac Central Limited

Mr David Braithwaite

Sir/Madam G Braithwaite Joiner & Building Contractor

Ms Jane Brammer Business Manager Virgin West Coast - Virgin Trains

Mr Mike Bretherton Mike Bretherton School of Motoring

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8.alutation First Name Surname Position Organisation

Mr Sallie Bridgen North West Regional Manager Housing Federation North

Mrs J M Brimley

Mr Stuart Brinks Redrow Homes Lancs Ltd

Mr Mark Brinksman Yorkshire Bank plc

Ms Helen Brocki Lancashire College

Councillor Charlie Bromilow Councillor Chorley Council

Mrs Joan Bromley

Mr Nigel Brooke David Walker Chartered Surveyors

Mr George Brooks

Ms Judith Brooks

Mr Allen Brotherton Chorley 3-Star Junior Tennis Club

Ms Rachel Brown

Mr B Brown Adelphi Residential Home

Councillor Terry Brown Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Andy Brown Senior Planner Colliers CRE

Mr Julian Brown Withnell Cricket Club

Mrs Lesley Brownlee

Mr John Bruck Woodfit Ltd

Mr Robin Buckley Redrow Homes (Lancashire) Limited

Mr R Bulcock

Sir/Madam J H Bullough Planning & Technical Associate Hilton Design Associates

Mr Graham Burgess Chief Executive Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Mr Andy Burnett Teslatest Systems

Mrs Diane Burns

Ms Diane Burns Chorley & S Ribble Making Space

Mr J Burrow Conlon Construction Ltd

Ms Rachael Bust The Coal Authority

Mr & Mrs A Butterworth

Mr S J Byron Exec Manager Plng/Devpt Services West Lancashire District Council

Sir/Madam D Cadman Eurodiesel

Mr A Cadman Walltex

Mr David Cahill Planning Officer Lancashire County Council

Mrs Allison Cain

Mr A Cain

Ms Claire Cain Campaigns Officer Campaign for Real Ale Ltd

Mr A Calderbank Brinscall Building & Plumbing Merchants

Ms Beryl Caldwell Aarondale Care Centre

Mr David Callagham MJH Data Systems Ltd

Mr Steve Candlin Steve Candlin Properties

Sir/Madam L Carnovale Design LSC

Mrs Lillian Carr

Mr John Carr WAC BM & JA Carr

Mrs Joanne Carr Clerk Wheelton Parish Council

Mr Tom Carrington

Mr J Carrol

Sir/Madam M J Carrol Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd

Miss Rebecca Carroll

Mr B Carroll

Mr James F Carter

Mr David Carter Head of Group Sustainability Adactus Housing Group

Ms Anne Carter Chorley Orthodontic Suite

Mr Philip Carter Planning Liaison Officer Environment Agency

Mr Tony Carter L Carter & Son

Mr James F Carter Managing Director Maple Grove Developments/Eric Wright Grp Ltd

Miss Vanessa Carthy

Sir/Madam Chris Casana Chorley Online.com

Mr A W Catterall Catterall & Wood Ltd

Mr & Mrs Caughey

Mr Ian Caunce

Mrs Maureen Caunce

Councillor Henry W Caunce Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Bryan Chadwick

Mr John Chadwick Coppull United Football Club

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8.alutation First Name Surname Position Organisation

Mrs Linda Challender Clerk Horwich Town Council

Mr Andrew Chalmers Principal Development Officer Bolton Council

Mr D Chalmers Regional Director Country Lane & Business Association

Ms Liz Chamberlain Adlington Cricket Club

Mr David Chapman MA (Oxon) ARICS

Chartered Surveyor

Sir/Madam G Charlesworth X K Print Ltd

Ms Gillie Charlson Gillie Dolls

Mr Nick Chatburn AQS Swimming Pools & Spas

Mr Geoffrey Clark Clark Planning Consultants Ltd

Mr Dave Clark Highways Agency

Ms Colin Clarke Brick Technology Ltd

Mr David Clarke Community Leisure Services

Mr Nick Clarke Wigan Council

Mrs Janet Clough

Ms Diana Clutton L & L Cruisers

Mr Kevin Clutton Marine Propulsion Services Ltd

Sir/Madam S Coar

Mr Chris Cockwill Cockwill & Co. Ltd

Mr Cliff Codona Chairman National Travellers Action Group

Ms Shelley Coffey Rural Solutions

Mr Paul Coggins Senior Land Manager Russell Homes (UK) Limited

Mr Martin R Cogley

Mr Peter Cogley Service Delivery Manager - Chorley District and Urban Search & Rescue Team

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

Mr Dave Colbert Group Director (LTP) Lancashire County Council Environment Directorate

Mr Michael Cole Gregory Gray Associates

Ms Charlene Collins

Mr Chirstopher Collins

Sir/Madam D Collins Equaman Metal Products Ltd

Mr S Collinson Fairport Containers Ltd

Mr Andrew Coney P Wilson & Company

Mr Stephen Connell Chorley Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses

Mr & Mrs Cook

Mr & Mrs Cook

Mr Peter Cooke Head of Housing Blackburn with Darwen BC

Mr Chris Coomer Wholesale Butchers

Mr R S Cooper Crossley & Bradley Ltd

Ms Linda Cooper Gillibrand Hall

Mr Jonathan Cooper The Sunlight Service Group Ltd

Mr Richard Cordwell

Mr & Mrs C Cordwell

Mr Anthony Cornwell A & SA Cornwell

Mrs Judith Corrigan

Ms Judith Cosgrave

Mr David Cowburn Partner Armitstead Barnett

Mr Stephen Cowling Painter & Decorator

Ms Hilary Cox Crossfield Saddlery

Ms C Coyle Headteacher St Chad's Catholic Primary School

Sir/Madam G Crank Clayton Hall Sand Co

Mr Darren J Cranshaw

Mr Alan Craven New Progress Housing Association

Ms Dorothy Crean Galloways Society for the Blind

Mr Chris Creighton Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners

Sir/Madam J D Critchley Painter & Decorator

Mr H Crompton

Mr E Crompton St Peter's Parish Club

Councillor Jean Cronshaw Councillor Chorley Council

Mrs B Crook

Mr Alan Cross A Cross Builders and Joiners

Mr Andrew Cross AC Architectural Consultancy

Mrs Carolyn Cross Clerk Charnock Richard Parish Council

Sir/Madam M Cross Chorley UPVC Ltd

Mr Allen Cross H & R Esp Ltd

Mr Howard Cross Matrac

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Mrs Carolyn A Cross Clerk Wrightington Parish Council

Mr Stephen Crossland Chorley Signs

Mr Alan Croston Janet Dixon Town Planners Limited

Ms Linda Crouch Clerk Adlington Town Council

Councillor Matthew Crow Councillor Chorley Council

Miss Amy Crowther Assistant Conservation Officer RSPB

Ms Suzanne Cubbon

Sir/Madam P Cull Property Manager The Diocese of Blackburn

Sir/Madam J. A. Cullen

Mr Mark Cullinan Chief Executive Lancaster City Council

Mr Frank Culshaw

Mr F Cumpstey Clerk Livesey Parish Council

Mrs Louisa Cusdin Framptons

Ms Andrea Dalton

Councillor John Dalton Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Nick Daniel

Ms Gill Darbyshire Yarrow Bridge Garage

Mr R C Davey The Secretary Lancashire Association of Parish & Town Councils

Mr Andrew Davidson

Sir/Madam P J Davidson C P Davidson & Sons Ltd

Sir/Madam J Davies Chorley Coachcraft Ltd

Mr Richard Davies Richard Davies Management Services Ltd

Mr R Davison

Mr Marco De Pol Managing Director De Pol Associates Ltd

Mr Tim Dean Fox Land and Property Ltd

Ms Sandra Delaney

Ms Rebecca Delooze Associate Planning Director Leith Planning Ltd

Mr I Desmond Marsdens Solicitors

Mr John Devine

Mrs Joanne Devine-Smith

Sir/Madam A Devlin Merrymaids South Lancashire

Mr Terry Dickenson Chorley Athletic Club

Sir/Madam G N Dickinson

Mr Graham Dickinson

Councillor Doreen Dickinson Councillor Chorley Council

Councillor David Dickinson Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Tony Dickinson Thomas Cole Solutions

Ms Jane Dickman Savills

Mr Ian Dickson

Mr B Dickson Lifetrend Developmens Limited, Jones Retirement Homes

Mr David Diggle Associate Director Turley Associates

Mr Paul Dignan Associate Lea Hough & Co

Ms Denise Dillon Dillon & Blake Hairdressing

Sir/Madam J Dillon J Dillon Decorating

Mr John Dimsdale Friends of Healey Nab

Ms Janet Dixon Janet Dixon Town Planners Ltd

Ms Cindy Dixon White Coppice Cricket Club

Mr P Dodd

Mr Charles Dodd Dodd Engineering (North West) Ltd

Mr Ben Doherty CHM Chauffering Services

Mr John Doherty Springfield Nursing Home

Mr Steve Douglas Peter Mason Associates Ltd

Mr E Downs

Mr & Mrs Dowthwaite

Mr John Duckworth

Mr Christian Duff All Seasons Leisure Centre

Mrs Betty Duffin

Mr David Dunlop Conservation Officer The Wildlife Trust

Councillor Graham Dunn Councillor Chorley Council

Mr & Mrs M Durkin

Mr Terry Durney CCFA

Mr R Duvall Morris Homes Ltd

Sir/Madam W A Duxbury Duxbury Builders Ltd

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Mr Joe Dykes Team Leader - Lancashire Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Achievement Service

Lancashire County Council

Sir/Madam R Dyson

Mrs Sarah Eastham

Ms Amanda Eastwood-Hilton Nature Trail Nurseries Positive Solutions Ltd

Sir/Madam Jo Ecob Abram Ashton

Mr Ronald Eden

Mrs Susan Edwards Clerk Coppull Parish Council

Mr Andrew Edwards Group News Editor

Mr David Edwards Managing for Quality Ltd

Sir/Madam C M Effendowicz Dryot Products Ltd

Ms Annette Elliott Retail Planning Liaison Manager The Co-operatives Group

Mr E.H Ellis Fairport properties Ltd

Mr Damien Ellison Bertie's Bike Breakers

Sir/Madam K Ellison Springboard Events Ltd

Mrs S Entwistle

Mr Entwistle A & M Entwistle

Mr Peter Ericson

Sirs Hugh Evans Central & West Lancs Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Mr Mark Evans Head of Planning and Regeneration Fylde District Council

Mr Andrew Evans HSS Hire Shops

Mr Chris Evans Assistant Safeguarding Officer Ministry of Defence

Mr Dr Nigel Evans Petrie Technologies Ltd

Mr & Mrs R Everest

Mr Peter Fagg Chair Chorley Forum of Faiths

Mrs Rebecca Fairclough

Mr Andrew Fairclough Hon. Secretary Adlington District Community Association

Mrs S Fairclough Chorley Masonic Hall

Mr Richard Fairclough Goldseal Windows & Tradeline

Mr Roger Farrell Conismoor Ltd

Mrs Clare Farrimond-Waring

Mr Howard Faulkner Carr Faulkner Associates

Sir/Madam Chris Fayle Fayle Transport Ltd

Mr & Mrs C Fearnley

Mr Michael Fellows M J Fellows Building Contractor

Sir/Madam G W Felton Feltons Service Station

Mr Peter Fenemore

Mr J Fenton

Mr John Ferguson

Ms Gillian Ferguson Lancashire Fayre

Mr Robert Fielden

Ms Margaret Fielden

Ms Jacci Fielding

Mrs M. E. Finch

Mr John Finlay

Mr Austin Finley Greenlight Driving School Ltd

Councillor Robert Finnamore Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Rodney Finnen Chorley Cricket Club

Ms Helen Finney Chorley Youth and Community Worker

Sir/Madam A J Fish Loughlin Homes Ltd

Mr Brian Fisher

Mr Ian Fisher Company Secretary Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership Ltd

Mrs Olive Fisher Clerk Rivington Parish Council

Mr Ed Fisher Church Warden St Lawrence Parish Church

Sir/Madam H I Fishwick A1 Skips

Mr Robin Fitzgerald

Mr David Fletcher

Ms Carole Fletcher

Ms Abigail Fletcher Harvest Housing Group

Mrs J Flower Benegraph & Academic Signs Ltd

Ms L Foley Headteacher Holy Cross Catholic High School

Ms Rebecca Ford Mosaic Town Planning

Mr James Ford Parkville Hotel & Truffles Restaurant

Mr Alan Forde Eccleston Electrical Services

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Ms Claire Foreman Adult Education Centre

Mr J Forest Croston Rural Action Group

Mr Derek Forrest

Mr J Forrest Croston Rural Action Group

Mr J Forrester

Sir/Madam P Forshaw Forshaw Engineering Ltd

Mr E Forshaw Heskin FC

Mrs Denise Foster

Mrs Geraldine Foster Clerk Tockholes Parish Council

Ms Mandy Foster Neighbourhood Regeneration Officer Your Housing Group

Ms Helen Fothergill

Mr & Mrs D Fothergill

Sir/Madam J R Fowler Stan Fowler (Builders) Ltd

Mr Iain Fowler Wainhomes

Mr Robert Fox

Ms Denise Fox Mawdesley Tennis Club

Mrs Lynne France

Councillor Margaret France Councillor Chorley Council

Councillor Christopher France Councillor Chorley Council

Councillor Gordon France Councillor Chorley Council

Mr R Frankland R Frankland & Son

Ms Yvonne Franklin Amethyst Photography

Mr Alexander Frater Whittle & Clayton-le-Woods Cricket Club

Sir/Madam M Frederick Beljon Sales

Sir/Madam C Freeborn Runshaw Business Centre

Mr David Freeman Menzel (UK) Ltd

Ms Rose Freeman The Theatres Trust

Mrs K Frith Eccleston Ecumenical Partnership

Mrs Lorraine Fullbrook MP

Mr Bill Fulster Red Rock Limited

Mr WS Fulster Red Rock Ltd

Mr Jim Gallagher District Valuer and Valuation Officer

Ms Kathy Gallagher Chapel Fold Bed & Breakfast

Sir/Madam M L Gallery North West Propshaft & Brakes Ltd

Ms Eleanor Gamble

Mr Mike Gannon Chorley Golf Club

Mrs Joan Gardener

Mr Gardener Chorley St James Cricket Club

Ms Shelagh & Alexandra

Garnett

Ms Sharon Garside Cleopatra's Total Face and Body Care

Mr E Gartside

Mrs S Gauge Carrington Career and Workwear Ltd

Councillor Anthony Gee Councillor Chorley Council

Councillor Danny Gee Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Richard Gelder Clerk Much Hoole Parish Council

Mr Keith Gerrard

Mrs Gibson

Mr John Gibson

Mr Andy Gibson Parkett Borse Ltd

Mrs Pauline Gick

Mrs Nicola Gilder

Mr Peter Gilkes Peter E Gilkes & Company

Mr David Gillett Head of Environmental Services Fylde District Council

Mr Jamie Gilliland Planner Mono Consultants Ltd

Mr Paul Glucklich BDP Design & Print

Ms Carol Godfrey Fosgo Ltd

Mr Bernard Golding Clerk Withnell Parish Council

Councillor Peter Goldsworthy Councillor Chorley Council

Ms Jennifer Gomery Borough Commander Southern Division Lancashire Constabulary

Mr Steve Gooding S & J Electrical Services

Mr John Goodwin Carter Jonas LLP

Mr William Goodwin Welcome Break Limited

Ms Simone Goosey

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Ms Helen Gorman Teenage Pregnancy Strategy Co-ordinator, c/o HPU

Sir/Madam D Goulding

Mr P G Gower

Ms Diane Gradwell Manager Citizens Advice Bureau

Mr Michael Graves Chorley Amateur Boxing Club

Mr & Mrs R Grayson

Mr Colin Green

Mrs Elizabeth Green

Mrs P Green Heapey & Wheelton Village Hall

Mr Chris Green Taylor Wimpey North East

Sir/Madam J Greenhalgh

Mr Peter Greenwood City Electrical Factors

Mr Paul Greenwood Clayton Green Sports Centre

Mr Mark Greenwood Croston Corn Mills Ltd

Mr Richard Gregory

Mr Peter Gregory Dalziel Ltd

Ms Amy Gregson

Mr Nick Griffiths Arc Car Wash and Valeting

Sir/Madam D W Griffiths H Nightingale & Son

Ms Gela Griffiths Deputy Head Mayfield School

Ms Tina Grimshaw Grimshaw Plastering

Ms Kate Grimshaw Lancashire County Council

Ms Sarah Grinder Research Analyst Fordham Research Ltd

Mr Ken Guy Chorley Tennis Club

Mr George Guye

Mr David Hagan Taylor Young

Sir/Madam G Haider Marley Court Nursing Home

Mr Steve Hailstone Principal Lancashire College

Mrs Sarah Haisley

Sir/Madam G M Hall

Mr Gary Hall Chief Executive Chorley Council

Mrs M Hall Friends of Healey Nab

Mr Phil Halsall Chief Executive Lancashire County Council

Mr Halton Lucas Engineering

Ms Margaret Hamill Bell Group (North West)

Miss Rachel Hamilton Planner Broadway Malyan

Ms Karen Hamilton Tapeswitch Ltd

Sir/Madam C Hamley IGC Independent Gas Co

Mrs Lesley Hampson

Mrs S Jose Hampson Hon Secretary Chorley & District Chamber of Trade

Ms Katherine Hancock Katherine Hancock Photography

Councillor Mike Handley Councillor Chorley Council

Sir/Madam J Handley Sal Abrasive Technologies

Mr Sebastian Hanley Dialogue

Mr Doug Hann Indigo Planning

Mr Peter & Andrew Harding

Mr D A Hardman D Hardman Solar Film Ltd

Mr D Hardman External Planning Liaison Manager United Utilities

Mrs Mary Hardwick

Mr L.B Hardy

Mr Tony Harkness Clerk Brindle and Hoghton Parish Councils

Sir/Madam P Harley

Mr Frank Harrington Frank Harrington Associates

Ms Christine Harris Birchall Blackburn with Berry & Son

Mr Len Harris Planning Officer Wyre Council

Mr Frank Harrison

Miss M Harrison

Ms Julie Harrison

Mr John Harrison Chairman Blackburn Road and Great Knowley Residents' Association

Mr M I Harrison Group Property Manager

Mr Russell Harrison Harrison Packaging

Ms Susan Harrison Lancashire Volleyball Association

Mr William Harrison SKC Leisure

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Mr & Mrs Hart

Mr Stuart Hart

Mr Adrian Hart

Sir/Madam N Hart Anise

Mr Peter Hart WE Couplings Ltd

Ms Nicola Jane Hartley BME Community Development Worker Making Space

Mr David Haslam Haslam Printers Ltd

Mr James Hatch James E Hatch & Son LLP

Mrs Patricia Haughton

Mr & Mrs A Haves

Mr J Hayes

Mr Nick Hayes Director Hayes Architects Ltd

Mrs M Hayes Millfield Care Home

Mr David Hayhurst Chorley Wildcats

Mr J Heaps

Sir/Madam Nasreen Hearne Visiting Chiropodist

Ms Kate Heathcote Womens Institute

Mr Harold Heaton

Mr Chris Heaven

Mr W. F. Hebblethwaite

Mr Chris Hebson

Miss Hegarty O'Riordan & Co

Ms Alison Heine Heine Planning Consultancy

Mr Philip Helm Simply Housing

Mr George Hemingway

Miss N Hessey Verde Sports Limited

Mrs Andrea Hibbert

Mr Brian Hibbert

Mr John Hicks JDH Property Development

Mr P Higgins Chief Executive Consortium of Local Medical Committees

Mr & Mrs H Higginson

Ms Margaret Higginson Disklok UK

Mr Peter Higham

Ms Emma Higham Euromedia

Sir/Madam J L Hill

Mr Sid Hill Adlington Amateur Rugby League Club

Mr Tim Hill Chief Housing and Planning Officer Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

Ms Karen E Hill Tecseal Ltd

Ms Val Hilton

Mr Joseph Hilton Alan Davies (Stainless) Ltd

Mrs Doreen Hindle Chorley Panthers Amateur R L Club

Mr Jonathan Hindle JWPC

Ms Chrissie Hirst Playmates

Mrs Helen Hockenhull Planning Manager South Ribble Borough Council

Ms Laila Hocking Total Deep Clean Ltd

Ms Julie Hogan Clayton-le-Woods Community Centre

Mr Robert Holden

Mr Stephen Holden G & S Auto Electrical Services

Ms Wendy Holden Impressed Dry Cleaners

Mr J Holden Northern Trust Company Limited

Mr John Holding J T Holding & Son

Mr Damien Holdstock Consultant Town Planner Entec UK Ltd (on behlaf of National Grid)

Councillor Steve Holgate Councillor Chorley Council

Mr David Holland

Mrs M Holland John Goulding & Co

Mrs Nanette Holliday

Mrs J Hollows

Mr William Holmes J Rainford & Sons Ltd

Mr D. A. Holt

Ms Karen Holt Community Drug Team

Ms Gill Holt Lancashire County Council Learning Difficulties

Mr D B Hoole

Mr M Hopkins Partner King Sturge LLP

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Sir/Madam K Hornby Regent Hosiery Factors

Ms Michelle Horrocks Head of Housing Strategy Bolton Council

Mr B Horrocks Brian Horrocks Fabrications

Mr Harry Horsely

Cllr Ian Horsfield Parish Councillor Anderton Parish Council

Sir/Madam Major Hosting

Mr A Hough

Mr & Mrs C Hough

Sir/Madam M W & G Hough

Mr Simon Hough Project Construction Manager Carillion Morgan Sindall JV

Mr D I Houghton Brysdale House

Mr Richard Houghton Director of Operations Chorley Community Housing

Ms Lynne Howard

Mr Christopher Howard

Mr Stephen Howard Stewart Longton Caravans Ltd

Mr Mark Howarth

Ms S Howarth Barclay & Mathieson Ltd

Sir/Madam L Howarth Crosse Hall Residents, Healey Nab

Mr Allan M Howell Lynbrook Office Supplies Ltd

Cllr Donald Hoyland Parish Councillor Coppull Parish Council

Mr Lindsay Hoyle MP

Mr Steve Hoyle Managing Director Regenerate Pennine Lancashire

Ms Emily Hrycan Regional Planner English Heritage

Mr Alan Hubbard National Trust

Mr James Hubbard Withnell Fold Sports & Social Club

Ms Marilyn Hughes Unit Two Systems

Mr Ian Hunter

Ms Joyce Hunter Hunter Car Delivery Service

Mr Jason Hurley Crumplezone Multimedia

Ms Alyson Hurst Delma Developments

Dr C Hutchinson HM Inspector Health & Safety Executive (Explosives)

Councillor Keith Iddon Councillor Chorley Council

Mr David Ikin

Ms Pauline Ince North West Specialist Building Supplies Ltd

Mr Anthony Ingham

Ms Susan Inglis Wheelton & Brinscall Bridleways Association

Sir/Madam G Iozzi Fresco Fresco

Mr S Irving Landmark Information Group Ltd

Mr & Mrs Jackson

Sir/Madam C N Jackson Astralux UK Ltd

Sir/Madam J H Jackson Chorley RUFC

Mr Martin Jackson Commercial & Business Supplies

Ms Amanda Jackson Tigerfish Public Relations

Ms Catherine Jagger Assistant Estates Surveyor Liberata UK Ltd

Mr Graham Jagger Premier Plumbing & Electricals Ltd

Mrs R Jam Steer Ethelston Rural Ltd

Ms Jennifer James

Mr Bill James Beta Associates

Ms Kerry James Kerry James Planning

Councillor Mark Jarnell Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Chris Jeffrey Alfred Hulme

Mr Steven Jeffries Ready Mixed Concrete (NW) Ltd

Mr David Jenkins Achroma Co UK

Mr Richard Jennison Chairman CPRE, Chorley

Mr John Anthony Johnson

Mr R Johnson Joiner & Builder

Mr Peter L Johnson Environmental Services Chorley

Mr D P Johnston Harrison & Taylor

Mr David Jolly

Mr Malcom Jolly

Dr Janet Jones

Mr & Mrs Jones

Mrs L Jones Chorley Raqueteers

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Mr Alwyn Jones Coppull Junior Bowling Club

Mr Shaun Jones Farrell Heyworth Estate Accounts

Mr Ian Jones I Cars

Mr Gary Jones Principal Estates Surveyor Lancashire County Council

Mr B K Jones North West England Conservancy, Forestry Commission

Mr Allan W Jones Porter Lancastrian

Ms Michelle Jones Rivington Park Independent School

Sir/Madam A E Jones The Beeches Nursing & Residential Home

Mr Steve Jones Housing Officer West Lancashire Borough Council

Councillor Kevin Joyce Councillor Chorley Council

Mrs Kathleen Judge

Mrs Catherine Kane Senior Planner Colliers International

Mr Paul Kavanagh Mike England Timber Co Ltd

Mr & Ms Kearney Stagecoach Theatre Arts School

Mr Andrew Kearns Celebration Electrical Wholesalers

Mr Bernie Keenan Managing Director New Progress Housing Association

Mr Paul Kellett Action for Blind People

Mr Bryan Kellett Cavendish Upholstery Ltd

Mr Peter Kennedy Drumbeat

Mr Geoff Kenyon

Mr Gordon Kenyon Kenyon Planning

Mr John B Kerfoot Leyland Leisure Sales Trailer Centre

Ms Laura Kettle G L Hearn

Mr Graham Keyte Euxton Villa Football Club

Councillor Hasina Khan Councillor Chorley Council

Ms Hasina Khan The Asian Women's Forum

Mr M J Kilbride MJK Design & Build Ltd

Mr Killin David J Killin & Co Ltd

Mrs Jean Killingbeck

Mr Alan Kind LARA

Mr Peter Kinloch Kingprint Limited

Mr Phil Kirk Secretary Chorley & District Natural History Society

Mr George Kirkby Hoghton Recreation Club

Mr W. E. Knaggs

Mr Mr Paul Knight Shaw Hill Hotel Golf & Country Club

Sir/Madam T Knowles Puddletown Pirates (USL Trading Ltd)

Sir/Madam M Kordowski Inta Cornici

Mr Ron Kucharski Motorun Service Centre Ltd

Mr Nick Laister RPS

Mr John Lamb Coordinator Central Lancashire Friends of the Earth

Mr Graham Lamb Assistant Planner G L Hearn Property Consultants

Mr J A Lang A Lang & Son

Mr Tony Lang RT Design

Sirs A B Langley Bamber Langley Milner

Mrs Langrish Greenside Landscapes

Mr Roger Lathom

Mrs J K Lawrenson

Councillor Paul Leadbetter Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Neil Leadbetter Clerk Tarleton Parish Council

Mr & Mrs C Leap

Mr David Lee Deep Clean Services

Ms Barbara Leech

Councillor Roy Lees Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Chris Leighton Director Peacock & Smith

Mr Andrew Leyssens United Utilities Property Solutions

Mr R.S Limmer

Ms Leona Lindars Sly Glass

Mr Michael Linfoot

Mr Simon Lister Garden Grooming

Mr A Livesey

Mr GH Lloyd Bishop Rawstorne C of E Language College

Ms Joanne Locke

Sir/Madam H G Locke Federation of Builders

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Mr Tom Lockwood Architectural Technologist

Ms Helen Lockwood Chief Executive Rossendale Borough Council

Mr Robin Logie

Mr Jim Longbottom Cuerden Valley Park Trust

Mr Brian Longton

Mr Larry Longton Heskins Ltd

Mr Lord

Mr Nic Loughlin The Pines Hotel & Hawthorns Bar & Grill

Mrs Hilary L Lowe

Councillor Marion Lowe Councillor Chorley Council

Councillor Adrian Lowe Councillor Chorley Council

Mrs E Lynch

Councillor Matthew Lynch Councillor Chorley Council

Sir/Madam C J Lyon Bentley Nurseries

Mr John MacCallum Planning Consultant Bell Ingram Design Limited

Ms Janet Maggs

Ms Francis Maguire

Mrs Morna Maines Adactus Housing Group

Mr Simon Mair P. Wilson & Company

Mr Ivor Makinson Beaumont Partnership

Mr David V Maltman DVM Pigments & Additives Ltd

Mr Maqalibhai Operations Director Stagecoach Ribble

Mr Chris Markham Chorley Mid-Week Cricket League

Mr Alastair Marsden

Mr & Mrs Alan & Evelyn Marsden

Ms Louise Marsden Project Manager Contour Housing Group Ltd

Ms Dorothy Marsden N R Marsden & Son

Father Francis Marsden Roman Catholic St Mary's Church

Mr Paul Marsden W Marsden & Sons

Mr Kevin Marsden W Marsden & Sons

Mr David Marshall

Mr Warren Marshall Bellway Homes Ltd (Liverpool)

Sir/Madam G Marshall Marshall Demolition Ltd

Ms Julie Marshall Senior Housing Policy Officer Wigan Council

Mr Chris Martin

Mrs June Martin

Mr Michael Martin Communications Maintenance Services

Mr Matthew Martin H & A Prestige Packing Co Ltd

Mrs Martin Housing & Care Services

Mr Alan Martindale

Mr & Mrs D Martland

Rev Andrew Mashiter

Mr David Massam

Mr Paul Mather Chorley Buccaneers American Football

Mr George Mather Porter Lancastrian Limited

Mr Chris Matthews

Mrs H A Matthews

Ms Joanne Mawdsley

Mr Paul Mawdsley The Mawdsley Consultancy

Mr Andrew Mawdsley Thomas Mawdsley

Mr Steve Mawson Steve Mawson & Associates

Ms Bernice Mayor D Mayor & Son

Mr Henry Mayor John H Mayor & Sons Ltd

Mr Steve McBride Open Access Team Leader Youth Council/ Youth Bank

Mr Alan McCabe Adams & Co Accountants Ltd

Mr William McCann

Ms Joanne McCarthy Furious Wolf Design

Ms Denise McCaughtrie Polestar Creative Ltd

Sir/Madam W McClymont Chorley Car Care Centre

Mr Alistair McCracken Droyt Products Ltd

Mrs D McDermott Eccleston Bowling Club

Sir/Madam M McDonald

Mr Christie McDonald Steven Abbott Associates LLP

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Mr Ben McDyre McDyre & Co

Mr Mark McGovern Planner SSA Planning Limited

Mr Brian McGowan JKS Heating & Plumbing Supplies Ltd

Ms Caroline McGuinness Lancashire Locations

Sir/Madam W McKenna McKrisps Caterers

Mr Paul McKenna Newbury Print Ltd

Mrs Deborah McLaughlin Director North West Homes and Communities Agency

Mr Alan McLeod

Ms Diane McMillan

Mr Colin McMillan Rytetype Limited

Mr Terry McMullan Terry McMullan Paving Ltd

Mr Paul McNeilly Housing Services Manager Places for People

Mr Paul McVeigh

Sir/Madam M Meagher Gleadhill House Stud Ltd

Mr A Meakin

Mrs Sheila Meegan

Mr & Mrs David Melhuish Chair CADNWA

Mr James Melling

Mr K Mellis

Mrs Jean Mellor

Sir/Madam M Menheniott

Mr Peter Mercer MBE National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups

Mrs V E Midgley Section Secretary The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain

Mr David Miller bloc Limited

Mr Alan Miller Fibreglow (UK) Ltd

Sir/Madam K Miller Ken Miller (Wheelton) Ltd

Mrs Joanne Millington

Mr Malcolm Millward Euxton Cricket Club

Mr David Minton

Mr Dan Mitchell Barton Willmore

Ms Ruth Mitchell Clayton Brook Community Group

Mr Oliver Mitchell Planware Ltd

Mrs Joanne Mitchinson

Mr Stewart Moffatt Ideal Car Supermarket

Ms Kathryn Molloy Head of LEP Co-ordination and Development

LEP

Sir/Madam B Molyneaux Charnock School of Motoring

Councillor June Molyneaux Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Ian Monk

Mrs Ellen Monk Winstanley

Mrs Rosina M Monks

Mr & Mrs A Moore

Ms Geraldine Moore Chief Officer Age Concern Lancashire

Ms Elizabeth Moran Thermagas plc

Councillor Greg Morgan Councillor Chorley Council

Mr J P Morgan Morgan Brothers (Chorley) Ltd

Mr Martin Morgan Post Office Counters Ltd

Mr Reg Morley Natural & Historic Environment Service - Highways and Environmental Management Ms Jacqueline Morris

Mr David Morris

Ms Tracy Morris Clerk Clayton-le-Woods Parish Council

Mr Henry S Morris Morris Quality Bakers

Sir/Madam C Morris Prolec Automaton Services

Councillor Alistair Morwood Councillor Chorley Council

Sir/Madam S Mosalski Welding & Site Services Ltd

Mr John Moss

Mr Ronald Moss R P Smith & Co

Mrs Kate Motley Proprieter Parr Hall Farm

Mrs Marlene Mould

Mr F.J Mould

Mr Gregory Mullarkey Wallwork & Co

Mr P A Mulrooney Clerk Samlesbury & Cuerdale Parish Council

Councillor Michael J Muncaster Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Jerome Munro-Lafon URS/Scott Wilson

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Councillor Steve Murfitt Councillor Chorley Council

Mr N Murgatroyd St Chads Bowlers

Mr Noel Murphy North British Landscapes

Councillor Beverley Murray Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Vaseem Nawaz

Mrs Olive Neal

Mr Mr V J Neill Roadworks Planning Manager British Telecom plc

Mr David Nelson

Mrs Keren Nelson

Sir/Madam B E Newell Shackerley (Holdings) Group Ltd

Sir/Madam B G Newell Station House Boarding Kennels

Mr K Newshaw Clerk Rufford Parish Council

Mrs Angela Nicholls Clerk Mawdesley Parish Council

Ms Caroline Nichols K A Nichols (Electrical)

Ms Alison Nicholson

Mr Chris Nicolson Financial Director NIS Group

Mrs P M Nightingale

Ms Anna Nixon Smith Tenon

Mr Philip Noblett Elmwood Construction LLP

Mr Brian Norris B & CA Norris

Mr H Norris Eccleston Cricket Club

Ms Lorainne Norris Chief Executive Preston City Council

Sir/Madam S Norris SLR Linings Division of Rema Tip Top UK Ltd

Mrs Angela North

Mrs Louise Nurser Planning Manager Lancashire County Council Minerals and Waste

Mr Derek Nuttall

Mr & Mrs Nuttall

Mr Mike Nuttall Chief Executive South Ribble Borough Council

Mr Tony Oakes Oakes & Co

Ms Judith Oatley Elixir Beauty Salon

Sir/Madam M C Oats Malcolm Oats Associates Ltd

Sir/Madam D O'Brien Firecraft Fireplaces

Sir/Madam R Odell Logma Systems Design Ltd

Mrs I O'Donnell Clerk Lathom Parish Council

Mr M Ogden Mick Ogden Diesel

Ms Sue Ogden SOS

Mr Darren Olane

Mr Allan Oldfield Chief Executive Fylde Borough Council

Mr Mark O'Neill True Bearing Ltd

Mrs S Orchard Womens Institute

Mr Derek Ormerod

Mr D Ormerod D & G Builders & Joiners Ltd

Sir/Madam J Ormrod

Mr Michael O'Sullivan Clayton Community Football Club

Mr Alex Owen Crown Stage and Theatre Services Ltd

Sir/Madam K Owen Reeds Rains Ltd

Mr Michael Oxley

Ms Zara Oxley

Sir/Madam R Palmer Lands Adminstrator Shell UK Limited

Mr Ian Parker Clearwater Consultancy Ltd

Mrs M Parker European Care (UK) Ltd

Sir/Madam G Parkin Parkin Plant Services Ltd

Ms Dea Parkin The Competitive Edge

Mr Ron Parkinson Charnock Richard Cricket Club

Mrs Mary Parkinson Chorley Marlins Associated Swimming Club

Sir/Madam K Parmee

Mr Mark Parr Mark Parr Promotions

Mr Jonathan Parsons JMP Consulting

Ms Nighat Parveen District Team Manager Operations Manager, Chorley and South Ribble Youth Peoples' Service Mr Ayub Patel The Dosti Men's Forum

Ms Rachel Patterson Dev Plan UK

Mr Garry Payne Chief Executive Wyre Borough Council

Mrs C Pearson Clerk Blackrod Town Council

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Mr Philip Peet

Ms Andrea Peet Ian McCarthy Haulage

Mr Andy Pepper Planning & Strategic Manager Persimmon Homes

Mr Richard Percy Steven Abbott Associates

Councillor Mark Perks BEd (Hons) Councillor Chorley Council

Sir/Madam G Perry

Mr Patrick Phillips

Councillor Pauline Phipps Councillor Chorley Council

Ms Eloise Pickles Jewson Ltd

Mr Tony Pickup The Quality Assurance Association

Ms Rachael Piers Sanders & Weatherall

Mr & Mrs D Pilkington

Sir/Madam D Pilkington Assembled Joinery Ltd

Sir/Madam M Pilkington Pilkington Oils

Ms Kathryn Pilling Stanley H Cross & Co, Solicitors

Mr Alister J Pimlott Blackmoor Garage

Mr Alan Platt Clerk Croston, Eccleston & Heapey Parish Councils

Mrs Debra Platt Clerk Euxton & Astley Village Parish Councils

Mr Alan Platt Clerk Ulnes Walton Parish Council

Mr Reginal D Pope Anchor Trust

Mr Symon Porteous Lovell Jones

Mr Mark Porter ASC Timber Supplies Ltd

Ms Sue Potter

Mr Chris Powell

Ms Sue Powell North West Housing Forum

Mrs M Prayle Computer Projects Ltd

Mr Marc Preedy

Ms Ruth Preger Accent Project Solutions

Mr Anthony Prescott DP Cold Planing Ltd

Mr W T Preston Chorley & District Sunday League

Ms Maria Pritchard Vic Crompton Ltd

Mr John Probert

Mr John Proctor

Mr Trevor Proctor

Mr N Proctor Pinewood Veterinary Practice

Mr Derek Prout Croston Subscription Bowling Club

Ms Rea Psillidou Strategic Planning Manager Blackburn with Darwen BC

Mr Nigel Pugstey The Planning Bureau Limited

Mrs Lorna Purslow

Mr M Putsey Principal Planner, Planning Department Preston City Council

Mr Michael Putt

Mr Quinn Quinn & Co

Mr K Ramsbottom

Mr Gary Ramsbottom Gabbro Developments Ltd

Mr Peter Ramsbottom Jacquard Weaving Co Ltd

Mr Dennis Ramsdale Chorley Sporting Club

Sir/Madam H E Randall H E Randall & Son

Mr Michael Rawcliffe Rawcliffe's of Chorley

Mr Rob Rawlinson Acland Bracewell Surveyors Ltd

Sir/Madam J K Rawlinson Kirkdale Construction Services Ltd

Mr Dan Rear Mawdesley Cricket Club

Sir/Madam W Redmayne Readyplant Ltd

Sir/Madam M A Redshaw Acland Bracewell & Co

Mr F C Reeves

Mr J Reeves Reeves Coach Services

Mr Jim Reynolds Croston Black Horse Bowling Club

Mr Keith Richard Calsoftware

Mr Peter Richards LDF Team Leader West Lancashire District Council

Mrs Linda Richardson

Ms Gill Richardson The Pub Estate Company Limited

Sir/Madam Chris Rider BBC Radio Lancashire

Ms Gillian Riding

Mr Dennis Riding

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Mrs S Riding Jobcentre Plus

Mr Stephen Rigby Esselle Sports Management

Mr Steve Rigby RE Developmens Ltd

Ms Jean Rigby Rigby & Partners

Mr Karl Rigby Social Inclusion Consultant

Mrs E M Rimmer Heskin Village Hall

Mr Steve Rimmer Howdens Joinery Co

Mr Chris Rinder Next Generation Clubs Ltd

Mr Les Roberts

Mr N Roberts

Mrs Mary-Elizabeth Roberts

Mrs J Roberts Casuals Badminton Club

Ms Chris Roberts Cliff Walsingham & Company

Ms Hilary Roberts County Palatine HA

Mr John Roberts Roberts & Co

Ms Lynne Roberts The Café @ Cedar Farm

Mr Richard Robinson Aquajet Machining Systems Ltd

Mr Keith Robinson Chorley Civic Society

Mr David Robinson Geographic Neighbourhood Inspector Lancashire Constabulary

Mr Robinson Leyland Filtration Ltd

Sir/Madam A Robinson Recognition Express-Bolton

Ms Alison Robinson Runshaw Adult College

Sir/Madam J M Robinson S Ollerton Ltd

Mr Stephen Robson Homes and Communities Agency

Mr B Rogers

Councillor Dave Rogerson Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Jeff Rollason

Mrs R Rooney Frederick's Ice Cream Ltd

Mr Richard Root

Ms Jackie Rose Halifax plc

Mr Alistair Rose Lancashire Care NHS Trust

Ms Laura Ross Stewart Ross Associates

Mr Jack Rostron J Rostron Solicitors

Mr G N Rothwell Station Commander, Chorley Fire Station

Ms Dorothy Rowe

Mr John Rowland

Mr Bill Rowland

Ms Louise Rowland Bailprint Labels Limited

Ms Clare Rowles Matthews & Goodman

Sir/Madam P& A Rowley

Ms Dianne Royce Euxton Hall Hospital

Mr Paul Ruby Chorley Electrical Traders Ltd

Mr Stephen Rudd

Mr Steve Rumbelow Chief Executive Burnley Borough Council

Mrs J Rutlidge Doodles Day Nursery

Ms Vivienne Ryan Professional Employee Relations Consultancy

Ms Samantha Ryan Turley Associates on behalf of Redrow Homes (Ltd)

Mr Stuart Sage Area Manager Homes and Communities Agency

Mr Mohammed Sajid Muslim Welfare Society

Mr Richard Salisbury

Mrs W Salvage Adlington Church Together and St Paul's Amateur Players

Mrs Wendy Salvage Secretary, Adlington Churches Together

Sir/Madam J Samways

Mr Frazer Sandwith King Sturge LLP

Mr Paul Sawbridge Alfa Travel and Leisureplex Ltd

Ms Elizabeth Scarisbrick

Ms Louise Scawthorn Chorley Guardian

Mr Robert Schofield Evans Halshaw

Mr David Scholes

Mr Adam Scott Strategic Director of Regeneration & Environment

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Mr Marshal Scott Chief Executive Ribble Valley Borough Council

Sir/Madam T Seddon Coppull Moor Lane Nurseries

Mr Paul Sedgwick Sedgwick Associates on behalf of Hollins Strategic Land LLP

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Mr R. E Semley

Mr Mohammed Shah

Mr Jonathan Sharp Land4Homes

Ms Shirley Sharp P Messenger Concrete Products

Sir/Madam C Sharp USL Trading Ltd

Mr H K Sharples

Mr Paul Sharples

Ms Janine Sharratt Domino's Pizza

Mr C Shaw Specialised Training

Mr Brian Sheasby Planning and Review Officer Lancashire County Council

Mr David Sherratt Local Development Framework Assessor United Utilities Water PLC

Mr Mike Sherrington Senior Architect Peter Dickinson Chartered Architects

Mrs J Shorrock

Mr Ian Shorrock Blackmores Ltd

Mr & Ms Shovelton

Ms Katherine Shuttleworth

Mrs Gillian Simmonds

Mrs Caroline Simpson Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners

Mr Alastair Skelton Steven Abbott Associates LLP

Ms Susan Slamon

Mrs Amanda Sloan

Mr Peter Smellie Clerk Anglezarke Parish Council

Mr Stuart Smith

Mrs M Smith

Mr Shaun Smith

Ms Sheila Smith

Sir/Madam G B Smith

Mr Richard Smith

Sir/Madam C Smith Secretary AGMA

Sir/Madam J C Smith Blakedale Ltd

Mr Shaun Smith Boatel Party Cruises (Chorley) Ltd

Mr C J Smith C J Smith Chartered Quantity Surveyors

Ms Susan Smith CGS Signs

Mrs E A Smith Chorley Friends of the Earth

Mr Graham Smith Development Planning & Design Services

Mr Alex Smith Town Planning Manager Gazeley Properties

Ms June Smith Harrison Road Garage

Mr Chris Smith Indigo Planning Ltd

Mr C Smith J S Design Associates

Ms Joanne Smith Lancashire County Archaeology Service

Mr Seb Smith Area Lead Teacher - Lancashire Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Achievement Service

Lancashire County Council

Mr A Smith Norweb Electric - Estates & Wayleaves Department

Ms Sarah Smith Paul Butler Associates

Mrs E L Smith Clerk Pleasington Parish Council

Ms June Smith Primrose Brides

Sir/Madam B Smith Rufford Printing Co

Mr Hughie Smith The Gypsy Council

Mr Mark Geoffrey Smithies

Mr Alan Snape

Mr Eric Snape

Councillor Kim Snape Councillor Chorley Council

Councillor Joyce Snape Councillor Chorley Council

Councillor Ralph Snape MBE Councillor Chorley Council

Mrs Sandra Sobee Help the Homeless

Sir/Madam C G Southern Mawtec Systems Ltd

Mrs Glenys Southworth Clerk Bretherton Parish Council

Mr Ron Southworth Homes Pets and Gardens

Mr Bill Sparnon 1st Investments Ltd

Mr Eric Spencer

Mr Paul Spencer Area Manager North West Accent Foundation

Mr Kerry Springham Presenting Solutions Ltd

Mr Mark Squires

Mr Samuel Stafford Director, Planning, Development and Regeneration

GVA

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Mr Steve Staines FFT Planning

Sir/Madam F Stallard

Reverend Peter Stanley St Joseph's Parish Centre

Ms Stanton

Ms Lynne Steen Heskin Hall Antiques

Ms Margaret Stewart MC & MA Stewart (Haulage) Ltd

Mrs Still Stills Decorators

Ms Jeannie Stirling

Mrs C Stobbs Bramblewood Nursery

Mr Paul Stock North Country Homes Group Limited

Sir/Madam P A Stock Pincroft Dyeing & Printing Co Ltd

Ms Lorraine Stones Pipers Day Nursery

Mr Reverend Michael Storr United Reformed Church

Sir/Madam J M Strange JMS Transport

Mr Straughton

Ms Janet Street

Mr John Brian Stringer Charnock Richard Football Club

Sir/Madam N Stringfellow Stringfellow Building Contractors Ltd

Mr Martin Stuart Principal Planning Officer Wigan Council

Sir/Madam C Sturgess

Mr Simeon Stuttard Withnell United Football Club

Mr Jon Suckley Associate HOW Planning

Ms June Sweeney Direct Display & Exhibitions Ltd

Ms Margaret Sweeney Williams School of Motoring

Sir/Madam M. A. Swift

Sir/Madam J Swinscoe Rallytech Composite Engineering

Mrs Glenys Syddall Clerk North Turton Parish Council

Mr Andrew Szczepanczyk

Mr Martin Talbot Visual Concepts UK Ltd

Mrs P Tattersall

Mr Francis Taylor

Ms Maureen Taylor

Mr W. J. Taylor

Mrs Jean Taylor

Mr John Taylor

Mr & Mrs A Taylor

Mr John Taylor

Mr Lee Taylor Charnock Richard Golf Club

Ms Janice Taylor Chorley & S Ribble Crossroads

Mr Andrew Taylor David Wilson Homes

Ms Caroline Taylor Emery Planning Partnership Ltd

Mr Ken Taylor Ken Taylor Auto Electrical Services

Mr Robert Taylor Plot of Gold Ltd

Mr Neil Taylor Rivington Village Club

Sir/Madam A Taylor Taylor Transformers

Ms Karen Taylor The Diverse Cleaning Co Ltd

Mr W J Taylor Chief Executive West Lancashire District Council

Mr Michael Taylor-Waring CFA

Ms Carol Temby Park Hall Hotel

Mr Dave Terry

Miss Gwyneth Thomas

Mr Chris Thomas Chris Thomas Ltd, Outdoor Advertising Consultants

Ms Chantel Thomas Community Power, Powergen

Ms Lisa Thomason Impression Design

Mr Alan Thompson

Mrs Marie Thompson

Ms Norma Thompson Alexandra Kindergarten

Mrs A Thompson Brindle Badminton Club

Mr John Thompson Engineering-Support Co UK

Ms Sandra M Thompson Finishing Touch

Ms Janice Thompson Regional Manager Contour Homes Symphony Housing

Mr Philip Thompson The Planning Bureau Limited

Mr Malcolm Thomson Malt Consultants

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Mr Andrew Thorley Strategic Land Manager Taylor Wimpey UK Limited

Mr Mark Thorne TESCO

Mr Mervyn Thornhill

Mr Brian Threlfall

Sir/Madam G Threlfall Talon Nonsk Ltd

Mr Sebastian Tibenham Pegasus Planning Group

Mr Alan Tickle Walker & Tickle

Mr Miles Timperely Director of Facilities and Estates Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Ms Sarah Tinsley And the Kitchen Sink

Sir/Madam C Titherington Stomhouse Ltd

Mr David Toft Planning & Landscape Associates Ltd on behalf of Doorway to Value Mr Adrian Tolan

Mr Barry Tollefson

Ms Janice Tomlinson

Councillor Richard Toon Councillor Chorley Council

Mr John Tootell Planning Manager Northern Trust

Ms Danielle Toward Chorley Ladies Football Club

Mr Arnold J Tracey

Mr James C Trebilcock

Mr Terry Trelfa Sweeper Hire/B & T Tippers Ltd

Mrs Alison Truman Area Planner, North Westand North Wales

British Waterways

Mr A Tunstall

Mr Paul Tunstall JWPC Ltd

Ms Teresa Turnbull

Mr Peter Turner

Mr Turner

Mr Howard Turner Adlington Welding Supplies Ltd

Mr Gordon Turner Alan Gordon Engineering Co Ltd

Ms Pauline Turner Chorley Nissan

Mr Steven Turner Coffee Stop

Ms Sheila Turner D & S Turner

Ms Angela Turner Jones Day

Ms Jo Turton Director Lancashire County Council

Sir/Madam C Tweedle Westcliffe Homes Ltd

Mr John Twinn Project Manager Villages in Partnership

Mr David Tye Paul Butler Associates on behalf of Village Heritage Homes

Mrs K Tyrer Sage Cottage Properties t/a Shaw Hill Golf

Ms Elizabeth Tyson

Mr Munir Uddin Daisy Takeaway

Sir/Madam S K Uddin Trishna Takeaway

Mr Phillip Unsworth

Mrs Beverley Unsworth

Mr Adam Unsworth Chorley Environmental Action Group

Ms Alice Unsworth Environment and Land Use Adviser National Farmers Union

Mr Peter Van Aardt Plasma Profiling

Ms Ann Vanner Mason Gillibrand Architects

Mr Heather Vickerman Regional Director of Services Brothers of Charity Services

Sir/Madam M Vitali M V Graphics

Mr Mike Vost

Ms Natalia Waddington Alarms 4 You

Mr Paul Wainwright Operations Manager Stagecoach in Lancashire

Mr John Walkden Jorgus Carpets

Sir/Madam M N Walkden Naylor & Walkden Ltd

Councillor John P Walker Councillor Chorley Council

Mr A J Walker Crusty's Sandwich Bar

Councillor Paul Walmsley Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Philip Walmsley Walmsley Associates Ltd

Mr A Walsh

Sir/Madam P Walsh Empress Timber

Mr Marcus Walsh Whittle Jones

Mr Cliff Walsingham Cliff Walsingham & Company

Mrs G Walters Chorley Ladies Rounders

Ms Sarah Walton

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Mr David Walton

Mr F R Wand County Librarian Lancashire County Council

Mr Thomas Warbrick T Warbrick Heating & Plumbing

Mr & Mrs Ward

Mr Nigel Ward Taylor Wimpey Manchester

Mr S Ward Thermadyne Industries Ltd

Mr R A Waring

Sir/Madam P Waring Charity Farm Caravan & Camping Park

Mr Keith Warren Chairman CADNWA

Mr Darren Watmough

Ms Paula Watson

Mr Philip Watson

Ms J Watson

Sir/Madam M Watson Estate Advisor Defence Estates

Mr Chris Watts GVA Grimley Ltd

MS Anne Watts St Laurence's Parish Centre

Ms Susan Wawrzyniak E & H Baxendale Ltd

Mr D Wayne Clayton PTA

Ms Sarah Webb Sharples Davies Limited

Mr D A Webber

Mr Toby Webber Chorley Council of Faiths

Mr Michael Wellock Director Kirkwells- Town Planning and Sustainable Development Consultants Mr David Welsby Managing Director Hyndburn Borough Council

Mr Zac West

Ms Zara West

Ms Gillian West Wrekamendid Services Ltd

Mr Paul Westhead

Mr K Whitaker

Mr J White J White Plastering & Tiling

Ms Lynda White MLC Travel Ltd t/a Travel Mercedes

Mr and Mrs White and Family

Ms Kath Whitehead Deafway

Mr Daniel Whitney Planning Consultant Mosaic Town Planning

Councillor Alan Whittaker Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Frank Whittaker Town Planning Consultants

Mrs Sue Whittam Clerk Farington Parish Council

Mr Mark Whittle Kestrel Windows Ltd

Mr Stuart Whittle Planning and Design

Mr David Wignall

Mr Brian Wilding Chordale Wine Merchants

Mr S Wildman Fusion Online Limited

Sir/Madam N Wilkinson H & E Abbot Glass Ltd

Mr Ian Wilkinson Step N Style Hair Studio

Mrs W.K Willeard

Mr D F Williams

Mr K Williams Business Procurement Manager (NW) Bradford & Northern Housing Association

Sir/Madam S L Williams Goodyear and Williams

Ms Sarah Williams Indigo Planning Ltd

Mr Tim Williams Strategic Land Manager Miller Homes

Mr David Williams Paul Butler Associates

Mr Tony Williamson Holystone Properties Ltd and Ince Williamson

Mr Peter Willmott

Ms Linda Wilson

Mrs Susan M Wilson

Mr &Mrs Mark Wilson

Ms Sarah Wilson

Mr & Mrs J Wilson

Dr R A Wilson

Mr Simon Wilson Land Executive Arley Homes

Mr Hugh Wilson Bridgewater Meeting Room Trust

Mr Tom Wilson BRT Bearings Limitd

Councillor Peter Wilson Councillor Chorley Council

Mr Alan Wilson Chair Chorley Pensioners' Association

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Mr G A Wilson En Qar Ltd

Mr Chris Winard

Mr Michael John Wingeatt

Mr Dennis Winn St George's Church Hall

Sir/Madam M Winstanley

Mr & Mrs H Winstanley

Mr Winstanley

Mr K Woan Chairman Chorley and District Natural History Society

Mr & Mrs P Wood

Mr Stephen C Wood

Mr Ged Wood Bygone Times Trading Ltd

Ms Ella Wood GVA Grimley

Ms Julie Wood Wilcock's Farm Caravan Site

Mr & Mrs R Woodcock

Sir/Madam J W Woodcock Bonney Greenhalgh & Co Ltd

Miss Ann Woodhouse Clerk Cuerden Parish Council

Mrs Edna Woodrow Clerk Heath Charnock Parish Council

Mr David Woods

Ms Bernadette Woods Indigo Planning

Mr & Mrs J H Woollard

Mrs Mary Wootten

Ms Karen Worswick Eye Designs Ltd

Mrs Betty Worth

Sir/Madam B Worthington

Ms Joy Worthington

Mrs J Worthington Chorley Lift and Crane Services

Ms Joy Worthington D & W Motors and Eccleston Aviation Ltd

Mrs D R Worthington Womens Institute

Ms Anne Wray Anne Wray Independent Financial Adviser

Ms Mel Wray Secretary Chorley & District Chamber of Trade

Mr Sam Wrennall E W Wrennall Contractors

Mr M Wright Boyd Wright Projects Limited

Mr John Wright Regional Development Manager Places for People

Mr Matthew Wyatt Planning Assistant JWPC Limited

Mr F R Yardley FRICS Planning Director Reeds Rains

Mrs Hilda Youd

Mr Trevor Young

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Gypsy and Traveller Preferred Options Meeting 8th July 2014, Civic Offices, Union Street, Chorley

Meeting Notes Attendance Jennifer Moore - JM (Head of Planning, Chorley Council), Chris Moister – CM (Head of Governance, Chorley Council) Peter McAnespie - PM (Policy and Design Team Leader, Chorley Council), Stephen Lamb – SL (Planning Officer, Chorley Council), Michael Linfoot – ML, Patti Linfoot - PL, Walter Bird - WB, Michael Hargreaves – MH (Planning Consultant) Introductions 1.1 Introductions were made and the agenda of the meeting set out.

Update on the Local Plan 2.2 PM gave an update on the Local Plan and explained that the Inspector required the

provision of a minimum of 5 Gypsy and Traveller Pitches to progress the Local Plan. He set out that the Council was also required to undertake additional Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) work to identify any further need, to be considered in a separate Development Plan Document (DPD).

2.3 ML sought confirmation that the figure was 5 pitches, because apparently some people had been saying that the figure was 12. PM confirmed that the figure was a minimum of 5, because the results of the additional GTAA work were not known. The figure of 12 came from an assessment of how many residential dwellings would potentially be lost from the existing allocation if 0.4 ha were allocated for a permanent Gypsy and Traveller site.

2.4 PM stated that a new Inspector, Susan Heywood, would be replacing the original Inspector to progress the Local Plan.

2.5 PM set out that the timetable for Local Plan progress was available on the Council website and that the Preferred Option consultation was running until 16th July and that the hearing sessions were scheduled for September 23rd and 24th 2014.

2.6 ML asked whether these sessions were just to cover Traveller issues. PM and JM responded that the other Plan matters had already been considered, but that it was open to the Inspector to raise other matters if she wished, but that the Council had not received her views on this yet.

2.7 MH stated that he was aware that Inspector Susan Heywood had experience of dealing with Gypsy and Traveller issues. JM added that as the new Inspector had worked on the South Ribble Local Plan, she had knowledge of Central Lancashire issues and that working in conjunction with the original Chorley Local Plan Inspector she had accepted the need for a separate DPD to cover any additional Gypsy and Traveller need, transit need and Travelling Showpeople need.

2.8 ML asked about transit sites and was told that they would not be considered as part of this examination but would be progressed through the separate DPD. PL expressed concern about the minimum aspect of the requirement and ML expressed concern that they would be ‘left in limbo’, not knowing what the outcome would be. PM indicated that the revised study would indicate final figures for need which would be progressed through the DPD

2.9 PL asked whether the allocation on the Cowling Farm site could be made bigger. MH stated that if there was any additional need this could be located adjoining the original Gypsy/Traveller allocation, elsewhere on the Cowling Farm site, or elsewhere in the Borough. JM confirmed that need could also be addressed outside of Chorley.

The Council’s approach to site identification & prioritisation 3.1 PM set out the Council’s approach to site selection and stated that Council owned sites

were prioritised because the Council would have control of them and therefore able to demonstrate deliverability.

3.2 ML asked where the 0.4ha estimated site area required (in the Preferred Options Report) came from and stated that the best approach was to ask the community. PM explained that

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the Inspector will ask the Council how the site will meet need and that this site size was derived from typical pitch requirements and evidence from existing sites elsewhere.

3.3 PM stated that the approach to site selection took account of Central Lancashire Core Strategy Policy 1 and its identification of locations for growth, the criteria in Core Strategy Policy 8 on Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople accommodation and National guidance contained in the Framework and in Planning for Traveller sites.

3.4 ML stated that he believed that some neighbouring residents had challenged the sustainability of the Cowling Farm site. PM agreed that some residents had raised some issues in representations and that these would be considered and responded to as part of the Local Plan process. It was suggested that the proximity of a school had been challenged; JM stated that MH would be supplied with the details of the relevant school. ML stated that from their perspective the Cowling Farm site worked in terms of schools.

Further detail on site requirements 4.1 ML, PL, WB and MH were asked about typical pitch requirements. MH/ML stated that

typically they comprise a mobile home, a utility block and space for 1 or 2 touring caravans. ML stated that sometimes the touring caravans are used for touring and sometimes for storage.

4.2 MH stated that he will make representations on how need is derived and the GTAA. 4.3 JM emphasised that the Council needs information on the personal family need. PL made

the point that the current site could meet the family need. 4.4 In terms of the current situation, there are currently two mobile homes on site, 2 caravans,

a touring caravan and a double utility block. 4.5 However, PL’s sister’s family and her brother’s family are not currently on site, but were

originally there. They were not surveyed as part of the initial GTAA work. The brother’s family is currently on the roadside and the sister’s family on a site in Blackpool, but both would prefer to be with the rest of the family in Chorley. PL’s sister is suffering from ill health on her current site. The brother’s family has three younger children and the sister’s family 2 older children. They would require space for an additional 3 – 4 touring caravans.

4.6 PM enquired about parking on site. Currently there are 3 vans and 2 cars on site, but if the sister’s family and brother’s family were on site space would be needed for an additional 2 vans and another car.

4.7 PM asked about the need for sitting areas and garden/play areas. ML stated that tables and chairs are currently accommodated on the pitches, between caravans/mobile homes. In terms of space for children to play, ML stated that the whole site is used for play. However, it was agreed that an area to play/garden (of a similar size to a house garden) would be a good thing for a site.

4.8 PL stated that site ownership was very important. There was a very strong preference for private ownership. MH stated that a private site set up in the right way would be in the Council interest. He also stated that if public sites are not well managed they can cause real problems for local authorities.

4.9 JM asked what a private site would look like. MH stated that most Gypsies and Travellers want to own their own sites, to have security of tenure and control of the site. PL stated that an extended family site is not divided by fences internally and there is no need for separate utility blocks, so it doesn’t need as much land. Council pitches need separate utility provision for each pitch and MH indicated that HCA funding is not given unless this occurs.

4.10 ML highlighted that on Council run sites one bad family/individual can force other families off and back onto the road. He stated that badly run Council owned sites can be terrible places to live, with some residents living in fear. MH stated that there are well run public sites, although not in the local area, but that to run them well takes a lot of management resources.

4.11 JM asked what a long lease site agreement would look like. ML stated that it would depend on the terms of the lease. JM advised that there was a need to think of a range of business models such as assured tenancy. PL and ML stated that they would consider landswaps and a long lease from the Council. JM stated that from a planning point of view the Council is prepared to enter into discussions about ownership/tenure/landswaps.

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Feedback on the sites 5.1 ML stated that (in addition to Hut Lane) the only site considered acceptable was Cowling

Farm. MH stated that Cowling Farm is the most acceptable of the alternatives. He highlighted that the site location would affect the development of the remainder of the site. JM highlighted that the Council has the skills to produce a masterplan. She stated that access could be taken from the road to the industrial estate (Moorland Gate) or alongside Cowling Farm. The Cowling Farm access road, which could be temporary or permanent, would go through the Green Belt and was an issue that would need to be explored further.

5.2 JM stated that at this point in time the Council is flexible about the location of the site at Cowling Farm. MH asked whether the Inspector would require an exact location for the allocation. JM responded that the Council didn’t know what the Inspector’s views on this were.

5.3 ML indicated that the southern part of the site was the flattest area and that he couldn’t see where else on the site the pitches could go. PM responded that some land re-contouring work would be required for the housing and employment allocation and that this could also be undertaken for the Gypsy and Traveller site. ML indicated that the area of land nearest to the industrial estate would not be a good location for pitches.

5.4 MH raised some concerns about the implementation timeline for the site and the impact on the development value of the site. JM stated that concerns should be made in representations. MH also stated that, if delivery of the site took some time, it could impinge upon the Hut Lane site, which has temporary permission.

5.5 MH enquired about covenants on the land at Cowling Farm. CM replied that there was some confidence that relevant covenants could be discharged. JM stated that MH would be given a copy of the covenants.

5.6 In terms of co-locating Gypsy and Traveller provision and housing provision, JM stated that the process of site development would depend upon how the land was disposed of, but that the Council would have control over these matters.

5.7 PM asked if there were any views on the alternative sites. ML stated that their preferred site was their own site at Hut Lane, followed by Cowling Farm. He indicated that if size was an issue the area of land vacated by Mr Boswell at Hut Lane, would allow expansion of the current site.

5.8 MH indicated that there were access concerns about the Harrison Farm site in terms of the bridge over the canal and via Old School Lane.

5.9 JM emphasised that members had decided that Cowling Farm was their preferred site and that on 4th September Council will make a decision on the site that will be submitted. MH asked what form of consultation will take place after the Council meeting. JM replied that further consultation would take place.

5.10 PL suggested that the Inspector could recommend the Hut Lane site and that some residents now prefer this site for allocation.

Site development, tenure, funding 6.1 ML asked about the timescale for the Plan. JM replied that it depends on the Inspectors

findings. MH asked whether the Council has spoken to the HCA about funding and was informed that some discussions had taken place. JM indicated that the Council was accredited with the HCA and had submitted a letter to them indicating the Council’s intention to apply for funding. MH and ML stated that they were interested in exploring funding opportunities with the HCA possibly jointly with the Council.

Position after July 2015 when the existing temporary permission ends 7.1 MH asked what will happen when the temporary permission ends. JM stated that the focus

of the meeting was the Local Plan, but that in relation to this issue it would be open to the Linfoots to apply for temporary permission, which would be subject to a Committee report/decision by Members.

Production of Traveller DPD 8.1 PM stated that the Council needed to have details of relevant Gypsy/Traveller contacts.

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8.2 ML expressed unhappiness with the survey work undertaken for the previous GTAA. He stated that there are 3 pitches at Hut Lane, rather than 2. It was suggested that the survey researchers may not have had enough time to undertake a proper assessment.

8.3 The details of anybody who had not been contacted, but who ought to be, were requested by PM. ML and PL stated that some of those missed in the earlier survey work had been successfully contacted for the revised GTAA work. It was also stated that there were some Gypsies/Travellers who did not wish to be contacted.

Consultation Process 9.1 ML set out that he thought that the current consultation process wasn’t handled very well.

There was unhappiness that there wasn’t engagement with the travelling community before the consultation letters were issued. He stated that the press reported the issue, local residents were made aware, and this led to issues for the Hut Lane site residents. CM reiterated that he would be meeting the family later on in the week to try to address some of these concerns.

9.2 JM set out the Council’s Local Plan consultation policy and highlighted that it does not involve notifying neighbouring residents, but involves notifying people who are on the Local Plan database. She highlighted that it was difficult to manage the public and that the Council was not responsible for their views.

9.3 MH highlighted that engagement was taking place now and that the Council would not have been able to release information until it was approved at the Council meeting. To improve engagement CM is now a point of contact for the family. ML stated that they would like more input into the process and then they would be happy.

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Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026: Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Preferred Options APPENDIX 3 Summary of Site Specific Representations

Site No of

Reps in Support

No of Reps

Objecting Other Total Summary of Objections

1. Cowling Farm, Chorley 31* 89

(1 of which is a petition signed by

327 people)

3 123 It is the most expensive option being considered.

Impact on The Spinners.

Impact on Cowling Farmhouse which is a Grade II listed building.

Few shops and services in the area and public transport is limited.

Road access is not suitable as they are narrow and winding and cannot cope with any extra traffic.

Negative impact on this area of beauty which is the gateway to Rivington and the West Pennine Moors.

Impact on house prices.

Use of Green Belt for access but Hut Lane is in Green Belt. This land is also subject to a restrictive covenant.

Value of remaining part of site allocated for housing and employment will diminish.

Impact on the Cowling community has not been considered.

Businesses on Moorland Gate Business Park will suffer.

The size of the site will attract more Gypsies and Travellers and would grow out of control.

Topography of the site makes it difficult and costly to develop.

Noise and disturbance from the site.

Site has poor drainage.

Improper use of taxpayers money.

2. Yarrow Bridge Depot, Chorley 0 47 2 49 Impact on River Yarrow and adjacent woodland.

Impact on pub and hotel.

Impact on house prices.

Road safety issues – access is from the A6 which is already extremely busy and there is a bus stop in front of the site used by school children.

Contamination – the site has been used in the past to dump substances such as asbestos, fridge freezers and lamp posts.

There has been significant development in the area already e.g. Duxbury Manor, Myles Standish Way.

Site is in the Green Belt.

Potential flood risk.

Noise and disturbance from the site.

Lack of school places locally.

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Site No of

Reps in Support

No of Reps

Objecting Other Total Summary of Objections

3. Cabbage Hall Fields, Chorley 0 30 0 30 Noise and disturbance from the site.

Loss of privacy as properties on Coltsfoot Drive back onto the site.

Impact on house prices.

It is the only green space in the area where children can play and acts as a buffer zone between Coltsfoot Drive and Chorley North Industrial Estate. It should be turned into a playground/park.

There is only one access road into the estate and there are already issues with parking. Increased traffic will result in safety issues.

Problems in the past with Travellers setting up camp illegally on the industrial estate.

4. Land off Westhoughton Road, Heath Charnock

1 5 2 8 Site is in the Green Belt.

Potential contamination as the site has been used for storing chemicals and materials by LCC.

Site is not available as used by LCC.

Not a suitable site to have children on due to being between the A6 and the Leeds Liverpool canal and there is an approx. 20ft drop to the canal.

Impact on the canoe club.

5. Land at Ackhurst Road, Chorley

1 1 1 3 Problems in the past with Travellers setting up camp illegally on the industrial estate.

6. Land adjacent to Northgate Drive, Chorley

0 31

(1 of which is a petition signed by

187 people)

2 33 Impact on house prices.

Access is unsuitable for large vehicles and caravans due to the road being narrow and congested with parked vehicles and it is a major route for children accessing St Joseph’s primary school.

It is the only green space in the area where children can play and acts as a buffer between Northgate Drive and the motorway. It should be turned into a play area.

The trees on the site lessen the impact of noise from the motorway, if they are cut down noise would increase from the motorway and it would make the area unattractive.

7. Haworth Road (previously named Crosse Hall Lane), Chorley

0 32

(1 of which is a petition signed by

419 people)

0 32 The site is named Crosse Hall Lane but the site is on Haworth Road.

There are already traffic problems on Crosse Hall Lane due to the primary school and this will be made worse.

Impact on house prices.

The site is not big enough to accommodate five pitches.

Will not be in-keeping with the Rivington View estate which has been landscaped and which residents pay a maintenance fee for.

This site is ideal for St James’ primary school to expand onto and seems a more useful purpose for the land.

The road is unadopted and is being maintained by Morris Homes. Additional traffic will cause wear and tear and the expense of repairs would be borne by residents of the Morris Homes development.

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Site No of

Reps in Support

No of Reps

Objecting Other Total Summary of Objections

8. Harrison’s Farm, Adlington 0 33 2 35 Access to the site is poor either via the bridge on Harrison Road which is a narrow Grade II listed structure or via Park Road due to parked vehicles on both sides of the road.

The site is widely used by walkers and cyclists on route to the canal towpath.

Rainwater drains have historically been a problem in the area.

Loss of good productive farmland.

Impact on house prices.

The land outlined on the map is not all owned by the Council.

The fields are home to an extensive range of wildlife.

9. Hut Lane, Heath Charnock 0 1 2 3 The site is not suitable for this use due to a long history of conflict between the residents of the site and the adjoining settled community.

The site is in the Green Belt.

The site is unsustainable.

*23 reps were in relation to other sites but stated that they agreed with the preferred option.

Summary of General Representations

Consultation inadequate and a breach of Localism Act 2011 as residents living adjacent to any of the sites being considered were not consulted.

Selection of the preferred option cannot be justified due to inconsistencies and errors in the examination of the sites.

Representation form is difficult to use.

The document is illegal and unsound.

Failure by the Council to follow a transparent, fair and proper process.

The best site would be adjacent to the Hartwood/M61 roundabout.

Do not see the point of moving the Gypsies/Travellers from the site they are currently living at.

Sites put forward by the Traveller community have been dismissed because they are in the Green Belt but several sites suggested by the Council

in the Green Belt have been considered.

Concerns about the robustness of the GTAA published in January 2014.

Objection from settled community in terms of engagement on Gypsy and Traveller issues and sites before the Preferred Options consultation.