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More photographs at http://www.bheag.co.uk/j-dickinson-and-son-fire/ It is a local joke that the A6 signposts the recycling plant but not the otherwise sleepy village of Blackrod. Local residents could be forgiven for thinking that the signposts are no longer needed as the second fire, in recent weeks, in the same warehouse, swept through Dickinson’s plant on Station Road on Tuesday . . . → Read More: Another recycling fire – Dickinson’s 03/08/2010 This new application seeks to change the permitted quarrying operation from 2007 to 2042. We are still questioning why the quarry has been allowed to operate without active planning permission. We also question why you would need to extend the operational life of a quarry which finished extracting stone over three years ago. It would be beneficial if you would make . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry 83299/09 ………………………. “Comment on the Quarry” Public planning meeting Bolton Town Hall. Thursday 29 October at 14:00 This application has been discussed for sometime. There are a large number of changes from the original application, which proposes to extract over three million tonnes of aggregate from the quarry and also process aggregate from external sources, in a 1.5 hectare site. The application . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry , Makinson Lane, Horwich 80931/08 |
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