The plans have already received 48 letters of objection from members of the public with Horwich Town Council now also objecting to the plans. Horwich North East councillor, Richard Silvester, said before the meeting: “The application site is within green belt, the Winter Hill and Smithills Moor Site of Biological Importance and the Upland Moorland Hills Landscape Character Area and either within or adjacent to the newly created West Pennine Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest. “I believe the application to extend the area of the quarry into open green belt land will not preserve the openness of the green belt as it will take away the existing openness of the land within the area proposed to be extracted.
The plans have already received 48 letters of objection from members of the public with Horwich Town Council now also objecting to the plans. Horwich North East councillor, Richard Silvester, said before the meeting: “The application site is within green belt, the Winter Hill and Smithills Moor Site of Biological Importance and the Upland Moorland Hills Landscape Character Area and either within or adjacent to the newly created West Pennine Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest. “I believe the application to extend the area of the quarry into open green belt land will not preserve the openness of the green belt as it will take away the existing openness of the land within the area proposed to be extracted.
Arron Parker and Gemma Coar A NEW starter farm is set to become a new attraction for the local community in Lancashire. Bradleys Farm, a 103 acre smallholding on the edge of Rivington Village, has been let to Arron Parker and his partner Gemma Coar from Blackburn. The couple have two small daughters and big plans to bring the community into their venture and they’re planning to organise walks and provide educational visits for the public on farming, conservation, ecology and water quality as the farm is located on land primarily used for water catchment. It comes after United Utilities decided to let the farm to the couple.