Minutes of 156th meeting held 17th April 2018
Littleborough Canalside Development Group
Minutes of the 156th meeting held Tuesday 17th April 2018 at Hare Hill House Starting at 7.30pm
Present: Julian Farnell, Keith Hallam, Brian Holden, Barry Horner, Ian Jackson, John F Kay, Bob Weatherley
Apologies, Cllr Janet Emsley, Cllr Ann Stott
Minutes of the meeting on 20th March 2018 had been circulated and were approved
Littleborough Civic Trust
John Kay as treasurer of Littleborough Civic Trust confirmed that after payment of the fee on the planning application the sum of £1,317.82 was held in the account on behalf of LCDG.
Canal & River Trust
Anyone wishing to join the Tow Path Task Force should contact Ian Jackson on wackojacko@talk21.com.
Several members of the LCDG Committee will be attending a meeting of the Users Forum later this week
Café Boat Scheme
- Planning Application
The mooring application to C&RT which received approval “in principle” had extended the date for a response to 1st June 2018 in the light of the difficulties in gaining access to the Schofield Street building and submitting the planning application
The planning application was validated by the Council on 8th March 2018 and now has a determination deadline of 1st May 2018
Four members of the public have submitted comment. These were considered by the meeting as well as the response which John Kay has submitted. It was agreed that concerns about competition and the conservation area were ill-founded and the suggestion that the running of a refreshment boat was ultra vires our CIC was simply incorrect.
We now await a decision from the planning authority
- Council Building on Schofield Street
Cllr Janet Emsley held a meeting with a council officer last week. This was not the all party meeting which we had requested.
She had reported that the Schofield Street site was a bit complicated and part of a more strategic plan involving other assets.
She can’t see it being available for our boat anytime soon.
We had responded that as it was a public building and ideal for our community project it would be nice to have some transparency
The meeting then discussed alternative buildings. Julian Farnell will speak to the owner of a building close to his works and John Kay will make further enquiries about premises near Hare Hill House
- The Lady Alice
The meeting agreed that we have enough commitment with the refreshment boat project and so will pursue efforts to renovate the Lady Alice no further.
We will, however, keep a watch on how the council deal with this.
Akzo Nobel Site
Homes England have obtained the extension of the planning consent by constructing an access road as a meaningful start to the development
Homes England have now arranged the first consultation meeting to which Littleborough Civic Trust are invited later this month.
Date of Next Meetings Tuesday 15th May 2018, Tuesday 19th June 2018 and 17th July 2018