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7-year plan for ‘magnificent future’ for Burnley
9:25am Tuesday 9th February 2010
AMBITIOUS plans for the future of Burnley in the next seven years have been unveiled.
A 23-page document, called Burnley’s Future, sets out the council’s strategy for turning the borough into “the place to live within the North West”.
It follows in the footsteps of the plans announced yesterday to redevelop Turf Moor and build a ‘football university’ at the ground.
The report details targets that will improve the town in areas such as health, housing, transport, shopping and community cohesion.
It comes from the Burnley Action Partnership (BAP), which includes the county and borough councils, police, health trusts and education specialists.
The report covers plans for Burnley from 2003 to 2017, and the latest drafts come at the halfway point of that period.
It reveals that since the first strategy was released in 2003, the town now has better schools, is cleaner, and its residents are healthier than they were seven years ago.
But the borough has regressed in other areas, with deprivation and unemployment getting worse, train links remain as bad as they were, and sport and leisure facilities have seen no improvements.
Coun Gordon Birtwistle, chairman of the partnership, said: “The BAP is committed to achieving a Burnley of which we can all be proud, that will become a place with a diverse and united community, a modern economy, a healthy, safe and clean environment, and quality services which work together for the good of the public.”
One of the strategy’s key aims is to improve rail links to the town, including slashing the journey time to Manchester from an hour and 10 minutes, to 45 minutes.
The aim is regular connections to Manchester city centre and Manchester Airport, and a range of improvements at local stations.
Improving the health of Burnley residents is also a key target, increasing the life expectancy of people, and reducing teenage pregnancies from 58 per 1,000 people, to 40 per 1,000 people.
Coun Birtwistle said he hoped the “majority” of the targets and aims would be achieved.
“If all the plans come off, it will be great,” he said, “there are a lot of positive things in there.
“If we get all the funding needed, and outside agencies deliver what they promise, then there is no reason we can’t achieve everything.”
Raising people’s satisfaction with life in the borough is also a major aim, as well as making the town centre a better shopping experience, and improving the quality of housing in the town.
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chrislancs, gt. harwood says...
10:40am Tue 9 Feb 10
ROBERTSLUMDWELLER, NELSON says...
11:51am Tue 9 Feb 10
superheavy, lancs says...
12:02pm Tue 9 Feb 10
time.team, Blackburn says...
12:42pm Tue 9 Feb 10
It is an impossible task to replace those small tightly packed properties with a modern equivalents within the same confined areas. The ideal modern equivalent being detached or semi detached properties with a garage and gardens to front and rear.
The above requirement can only best be described as a daunting task to achieve within communities of extreme differences. Here different standards apply which are governed by opposing political and godly beliefs, each trying to provide only what that one section of the community is wanting. Just like the finer game of football, may the best team win at the expense of the other.
Can there ever be another way?
Billypieman, Clitheroe says...
12:59pm Tue 9 Feb 10
Bill Carson, Mill Hill says...
1:03pm Tue 9 Feb 10
“If we get all the funding needed..."
That's a big IF, who writes your script?
A Darener, Darwen says...
1:06pm Tue 9 Feb 10
They're going to knock it down and start again.
DaveBurnley, Burnley says...
1:50pm Tue 9 Feb 10
I remember reading that "Burnley was the place to be", several years ago. Are they trying to rebrand it? Has it suddenly changed?
Richard_Nelson, Nelson says...
2:35pm Tue 9 Feb 10
lancastrian lass, Padiham says...
4:11pm Tue 9 Feb 10
akon, padiham says...
4:31pm Tue 9 Feb 10
Have you moved on from colne road..........
Hopping mad, Blackburn says...
7:41pm Tue 9 Feb 10
Lancashire Lady, Burnley says...
9:05pm Tue 9 Feb 10
s Labour!!
Old Timer, Burnley says...
11:54pm Tue 9 Feb 10
Councillor Birtwistle doesn't he come into your praise listings?
Surely he has done all this projection for Burnley along with our Chief Executive, so it reads from recent reports.
bankhall, burnley says...
12:41am Wed 10 Feb 10
DaveBurnley, Burnley says...
8:57am Wed 10 Feb 10
Lancashire Lady wrote:And did Labour pay for it out of their own pockets?
Burnley's done OK over the last 10 years. New high schools, a new health and leisure centre (St Peters), Padiham leisure centre done up, new college and university, premier footy, lottery money thrown at towneley park, 5 children's centres, fab new maternity wing at the hospital, new bus station........thank
s Labour!!
No of course not. They used our money to try to bribe us. When they couldn't use our money they borrowed more from their banker friends to pay for their schemes.
All we can thank Labour for is the pile of debt that our grandchildren will still be paying for when they retire.
lancastrian lass, Padiham says...
10:55am Wed 10 Feb 10
akon, padiham says...
12:38pm Wed 10 Feb 10
lancastrian lass, Padiham says...
1:00pm Wed 10 Feb 10
akon, padiham says...
3:07pm Wed 10 Feb 10
you must leave a very sad & lonely life to think ladies of the night like yourself affect me.
I think you get a buzzzzzzzzzz out of being bossy you naughty little madam.
saddo or what.
ps stop calling me or i will go to the police blub blub like the pa*i councillor hahahahahaha.
CliveE, Burnley says...
3:47pm Wed 10 Feb 10
As for the town being cleaner than 7 years ago,well that is a matter of opinion.The houses that were forcibly emptied in Branch Road and the surrounding areas are still waiting to be knocked down after a few years being boarded up are just a permanent eyesore.
lancastrian lass, Padiham says...
2:01pm Thu 11 Feb 10
CliveE, Burnley says...
6:30pm Thu 11 Feb 10
BETTER LIFE: The 23-page document, called Burnley’s Future, details targets that will improve the town in areas such as shopping, housing, health, and community cohesion
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Old Timer, Burnley says...
9:47am Tue 9 Feb 10