PLANS to erect 'hang-outs' for bored youths have provoked mixed reactions across South Ribble.

While residents in Coupe Green oppose the proposed shelters, designed to give young people somewhere to go, and stop them being a neighbourhood nuisance, Farington folk were outraged that they wouldn't get the facility.

Councillors in Farington said the idea for the youth shelter - a simple concrete structure placed in parks - was originally put forward by them.

So they were angered when officers decided to erect the first shelter in Kingsfold, Penwortham.

Residents in Coupe Green had been told by their local councillor, independent Tom Sharratt, that the area was to be used to assess reaction to the new shelters.

But Coun Sharratt said: "It is obvious this is not wanted in the area."

Council chiefs said there were no plans to put up a shelter in Coupe Green or Farington.

Councillor Christine Harrison said: "This was our idea to solve a problem. It has been picked up by the council and used elsewhere, where Labour are in control.

"We need this shelter to give youths somewhere to go so they don't cause a nuisance. Our residents so vociferously want this, but have been overlooked."

The scheme had already proved a success in Burnley, East Lancashire, where the number of juvenile nuisance incidents has fallen.

A South Ribble Borough Council spokesman said: "A decision was taken to place a shelter in Kingsfold. There are no plans to put ones up anywhere else at the moment."

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