August 3rd, 2010
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
October 28th, 2009
The officers report is now on-line, with a recommendation to approve the application.
We would encourage anyone reading this article to read the reponses from the consultees (not all are available on-line !) and try to reconcile this with the report and the attached conditions.
(The planning application link on the right hand side will take you to . . . → Read More: Pilkington Quarry , Makinson Lane, Horwich 80931/08 (update)
October 9th, 2009
Public planning meeting Bolton Town Hall. Thursday 29 October at 14:00
Site visit Thursday 29 October 10:10
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