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My Letter to The Oldham Chronicle


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I had a brief flick through the application files that have now been uploaded onto the Planning pages (http://planning.oldham.gov.uk/planning/acolnetcgi.gov and search for boundary park, 053016/07 is the North Stand plan). It's about 900 pages long!!! But it has stuff in there extracted from Oldham Councils own planning guidance stuff and there is a chunk about how permission will be granted for leisure/sports centre stuff, even if there is local and environmental opposition.

 

See here - http://planning.oldham.gov.uk/AcolnetDocs/...les/51588_1.pdf and go to p.101 onwards. Makes quite good reading actually.

 

Also gets good around 376, move on to around 400 and there is pretty little pictures!

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Also gets good around 376, move on to around 400 and there is pretty little pictures!

 

 

As i said, key word is 'regeneration' ply that card and we should be ok, If the development doesn't go ahead, will the last person to leave the town please turn out the lights........

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As i said, key word is 'regeneration' ply that card and we should be ok, If the development doesn't go ahead, will the last person to leave the town please turn out the lights........

 

Spot on.

 

Couple of good things in those plans. Nice drawings of the houses and apartments too.

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That or 230, a lot more than what they reckon. Also why have there only been a handfull of objections?

I'm interested in the number of replies they would have to have got to get figures of both 98 and 99%. Seems to me someone has been a little slack with the numbers, but the Chron has reported it as fact.

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It was 131 who were asked with 130 attending the meeting.

 

I believe 98% replied with 99% of those against the plans.

The replies were in and counted before the meeting though? I don't think 98% responded, that never happens.

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The replies were in and counted before the meeting though? I don't think 98% responded, that never happens.

 

Yes.

 

I think they quoted this before the meeting it may have even been in The Advertiser last week.

 

*Edit* Found it...

 

Roy Bradbury, spokesman for Residents Together, claims a recent survey by the group which was returned by 131 residents found 98.5 per cent were against the development plans.

 

The Advertiser story

 

I mean it isn't gospel, not at all but it is what they keep repeating.

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if that happens these supposedly all powerful residents will suddenly have to fight off Barratt Homes building a ten story block with Belfour Beaty sticking a 4 lane road thru to reduce conjestion on the roadabout at the retail park.

 

If these people want to try and compete with politcal power of those companies then good luck to them, but I'll certainly be loving it when they lose out! They'll have lost out not only on the club and the facilites it provides but also on the chance to have a REAL say in what happens and not just a moan about it.

 

Wise words Ackey.

 

If we dont develop on it, someone else will. We all know what local councils are like for agreeing to stick Houses and flats etc on any spare bit of land.

 

I'd much rather have our development near my house anyday. At least you will know who your neightbours will be.

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