The below is a gallery of photos I am compiling to show at the TTC AGM on saturday. I am sending around emails to people I think might have photos of things we have done throughout the year, but if you have any and would like to share them, please send me us an email at transitiontownclitheroe@googlemail.com and I will add you to the list of people who can upload the photos to the below site.
Thanks,
Charlie
You may be aware that Primrose Lodge, the long neglected wooded and watery area which runs along Woone Lane and Primrose Lane, has recently been designated as the first biodiversity offsetting site in Lancashire; it has also been declared a biodiversity heritage centre, and RVBC’s countryside officer David Hewitt appeared in various local publications explaining how the council planned to work together with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust to preserve and enhance this area.
What you may not be aware of is the fact that this area was previously under threat and was saved largely due to the efforts of local people, who formed The Friends of Primrose Lodge. You may also not know that Transition Town Clitheroe has been in conversation over the past two years with RVBC officers as to how best make use of the land for the benefit of local wildlife and also residents.
We have put forward ideas about energy generation by means of an Archimedean screw , cycle tracks and walkways through the woods avoiding the increasingly dangerous road, and the possibility of an area for workshops- composting, woodland crafts, plant identification, rustic furniture making and the like. In short we have a vision for the place which RVBC seemed to share.
However, in spite of the biodiversity status, there is a planning application ( No 3/2011/1064 Mearley Croft) requesting that 32 affordable homes be put on the site, including three storey buildings at the top of the lodge in the most useable area.
RVBC countryside officers do not see this as a problem. Members of TTC have visited the site, discussed with local councillor Allan Knox, scrutinised the plans and see that this is indeed a problem.
If you would like to read the letter that TTC has sent to members of our local planning committee, outlining our concerns and suggesting a scaled down development, click on the following link
RVBC letter to planning officers
In case you would like to send your own letter to RVBC’s planning committee ,we have provided a sample letter for your convenience
sample letter to planning committee re primrose lodge
If you have any further questions on the Primrose Lodge development and why TTC are working to ensure that it is is taken forward in as sustainable manner as possible, email transitiontownclitheroe@googlemail.com or leave a comment on this site.
You can also contact the LCC, RVBC and Town councillor for Primrose Ward, Cllr Alan Knox, whose details can be found on RVBC website, where you can also find full details of the application
