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Neighbourhood officer thanked for work in Buckshaw Village
Public Concerns Prompts Neighbourhood Officer Action
The work of a neighbourhood officer Alan Priestley has been thanked by the local Councillor Mark Perks following a series of actions taken on behalf of concerns raised by residents living in Buckshaw village.
In his report to Cllr Perks about the accumulation of litter on developers land near to Tesco’s and the new railway station in Buckshaw, the borough council neighbourhood officer has outlined his recent work within the community.
Mark said, “I would like to thank Alan for the work he has undertaken I have been receiving a lot of complaints about the litter issue which had made the area look like a land fill site.
“Alan has been very proactive in contacting the land owners who are responsible for the vacant land affected, he has also served legal notices and then undertaken the task of cleaning up some of the areas. I only hope the developers now start to take action themselves.”
- RMG Buckshaw Management are maintaining their areas, however after Christmas the area was looking quite neglected. They tasked Enviro Care and the Buckshaw interior is now looking good. Especially considering that there is still development.
- Approaches have been made to Mitre, the contractor that maintains the left hand side of the footpaths and verges heading towards Tesco. They have been out and cleared their side.
- The neighbourhood officer litter picked the right hand side stretch of verges and ditches which Redrow should have sorted.
- After completing a land search a Notice Warning was served on Redrow giving them two weeks to clean up their land in Buckshaw Village, especially the Commercial Quarter. All informal approaches to Redrow in the past and more recently failed to raise a response.
- The officer discovered that there is an unofficial HGV parking area between the rear of Tesco Buckshaw and the Railway Station and has patrolled the area for enforcement with fixed penalties. Many of the HGVs are there at night so local PCSO’s and the area community Police Officer have been informed
- A combination of insecure waste facilities, fly tipped bagged waste ripped open further in land on the Commercial Quarter assisted by the local seagull population made matters worse. The officer has spoken to Tesco, Redrow, Envirocare, Mitre, Barratt, Street Scene,.
- The bins at Tesco are windproof and the black bins they use are secured by heavy duty chains on the lids. They had excessive waste produced over Xmas which was loose in their recycling area. They called out an recycling extra waste removal and its all now secured.
The area suffers from high winds and the strip of land acts as a catchment zone.
The General Manager at Tesco is going to email the council with the details of a community clean up day which is expected sometime in February.
County Councillor Mark Perks
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BURGLARIES IN DWELLINGS
Dear All
There has been an increase in Burglaries in dwellings in the Chorley area. If anyone sees any suspicious activities you should report them to the police.
Lynn Wareing
Watch Liaison Officer
Southern Division
01257 24638
Chorley Police Station
St. Thomas’s Road
Chorley
PR7 1DR
Work will grind to a halt on retail centre
A £35m project to bring supermarket giant Waitrose to Chorley and Leyland has been put on hold.
Put on hold: Waitrose supply chain director, David Jones, at the site of the Waitrose distribution centre on Matrix Park, Buckshaw Village
The 400,000 sq ft distribution centre on Matrix Park, Buckshaw Village, was due to open in September in a move that would bring around 600 jobs to the area.
Supply chain director David Jones said the company had abandoned plans to open the centre and service a small number of stores towards the end of the year, and would instead look to open by summer 2013.
Mr Jones said: “We have looked at our capacity and decided that we don’t need it (the distribution centre) this year.
“We will instead take it into 2013 and will start recruiting for staff in November and December of this year.”
Work on the centre, which is now well underway, will grind to a halt in April before starting again at the end of the year in order to train staff.
Waitrose is due to open its latest store at the Capitol Centre in Walton-le-Dale on February 2.
Mr Jones said despite the setback the company were still committed to investing in the area.
He said: “Instead of just starting off gradually in September we’re hitting the ground running to be fully operational in May, and we’re really looking forward to it.
“We call it a short and fat project rather than a long and thin one.
“As a business we’re doing really well and this investment is going to be really important to us.
“There is a great skills set here and looking at the pool of people, it’s what we want.
“This is a big, long-term commitment for Waitrose. We have a 25 year lease for that site so it’s a really important part of our network. It also gives us more opportunity to grow sites.”
When fully operational the distribution centre could serve up to 100 stores.
At the moment, the distribution centre furthest north for Waitrose is in Barden, Nottingham.
Mr Jones said: “Although we don’t need the distribution centre this year, we will do next.
“We are looking forward to serving the local community and I think there’s a lot of potential here because of the skills base.
“We need somewhere to distribute efficiently and we’re really happy to invest in the region.”
Chorley Guardian
20th January 2012
Euxton Lane Road Closure/Temporary Restriction Details
Euxton Lane at the Railway Bridge, Bay Horse, will be closed on Sunday 4th March 2012, for a Bridge inspection. The closure is planned for 00:01 - 08:00.
NOTIFICATION OF PLANNING DECISION
Dear Sir/Madam,
NOTIFICATION OF PLANNING DECISION
Application No : 11/00934/REMMAJ
Proposal : Erection of 53 dwellings including associated roads and footpaths at Parcel F, Buckshaw Village
Location : Parcel F3 Central Avenue Buckshaw Village Lancashire
Applicant : Barratt Homes Manchester
Thank you for your comments on the above application.
After consideration of your comments and other matters, the decision has been made to Approve Application for Reserved Matters.
If you have any questions, please contact me on 01257 515220 quoting the planning application number.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Adrian Morgan
Planning Officer
Email: dcon@chorley.gov.uk
Tel: (01257) 515220
Fax: (01257) 515297
