RESIDENTS battling to save a suburban open space are in a furious new row with a council over works on the threatened land. Householders on Old Gates Drive in Blackburn believe the authority is backtracking on its agreement to halt building an access road to a proposed estate of 29 houses at nearby Lomond Gardens. But Blackburn with Darwen Council says the works are nothing to do with the proposal but necessary for essential drainage improvements. The dispute is a rerun of one in October when residents complained about the clearing of vegetation on the site. Tory regeneration spokesman Cllr Paul Marrow has written to the town hall suggesting that the culvert upgrade be halted until a planning application for the development is decided.
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But it also gave a £130,000 pay-off to retired chief executive Harry Catherall. Lancashire County Council paid 11 people more than £100,000 in 2019/20, no change from 12 months earlier.
Hyndburn Council has two high-paid staff - its chief executive David Welsby on a total of £123,103 and his deputy Jo McIntyre on £106,897.
Burnley Counil had just one £100,000-plus employee, chief executive Mick Cartledge, who took home £120,013 in pay and expenses.
Ribble Valley Council paid chief executive Marshal Scott £126.438 in salary and expenses.
Pendle Council paid just one officer more than £100,000 - chief executive Dean Langton with £104,740 in wages and expenses. The figures are in The Taxpayers Alliance annual Town Hall Rich List 2021, which records no figures for Rossendale Council.
Blackburn with Darwen Council wants to ban the use of Pleasington Playing Fields by the aero-enthusiasts. Chris Boardman, chairman of Blackburn and District Model Aircraft Club, has vowed to fight the prohibition and says officers have misunderstood the new regulations. The ‘shocked’ enthusiasts have used the fields since 1938 but the borough now says their activities are not safe. A council letter last month from head of leisure and sport Claire Ramwell said: “The UK adopted the EU regulations for model flying in 2019 and these came into effect on December 31, 2020. “The council requested the legal department review these new guidelines to make an informed decision as to whether it was appropriate for the flying of model aircraft to continue at Pleasington Playing Fields.
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