Plan to build homes on Darwen derelict land (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Plan to build homes on Darwen derelict land
5:00pm Monday 19th November 2012 in News
By Dan Clough, Reporter
THREE new homes could be built on an overgrown and unused patch of land in Darwen after a planning application was submitted.
Developers want to erect the houses on land fronting Spring Vale Garden, in Cocker Street.
A spokesman for the applicant said the site would be cleared to make way for the development of the new homes.
He said: “The site fronts on to Spring Vale Garden village roadway and is an overgrown and vacant area of land.
“The site is to be cleared and regraded to permit three houses to front onto Spring Vale Garden village.
“Each house will have three bedrooms and due to space limits will form a terraced row.”
Interested parties can make comments on the application until December 6, and a final decision on the plans is expected in the New Year.
Comments(5)
eastlancslad
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11:54am Tue 20 Nov 12
Why spoil it in the name of profit?
Don't suppose the development vandals see it that way though. Question is, do the planning committee?
Yimkin
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3:03pm Wed 21 Nov 12
By the way you're right there is a lot of wild life...but not the kind you're thinking of.
The sooner these houses are built and the house owners are responsible for the land the better.
milano
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12:22pm Thu 22 Nov 12
sean_brfc wrote:Unless the landowner also owns the terrace house mentioned then i fail to see how you can comment the money could be spent on that house. And even if it is the same owner people & the council cannot dictate how he spends his money, unless of course the house in question is unsafe or unfit. Just because you think it is a 'woodland' and therefore valuable greenspace (which many would disagree with) does not mean that the owner cannot clear the land regardless of whether he attains planning for the houses or not. As far as i am aware there are no protected trees on the site in question. And even if there was this would be taken into account prior to any consent being given by planning. As yimkin says the area does attract anti-social behaviour and the benefits of planning permission being allowed will outweigh any objections based on loss of perceived amenety value.
I'm sure the 'derelict land' in question is more of a woodland than derelict land. Say no to the development and leave it in its natural state. Maybe then the money could be spent on the large, dilapidated terraced house round the corner and the area can remain as green as possible.
sean_brfc
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5:52pm Fri 23 Nov 12
And when you mention anti-social behaviour, don't you and Yimkin think that those responsible will find somewhere else to do whatever it is they do. Or will they simply disappear?
sean_brfc says...
9:23am Tue 20 Nov 12