A curious item appeared on the information only attached sheet with the council agenda this week. It is the sheet which lists the planning applications permissions and refusals. One of the items listed is entitled SL/11/0027 refers to land at Union Lane. Demolition of wall as part of a residential development. This list is of planning applications that have been granted.
The curious bit here, as pointed out by Cllr J. Jenkinson, was that this application was never brought before Ulverston town council, but has seemingly been granted by SLDC.
This would have been a very controversial application had it come before UTC as it would affect the residents of Union lane who to a man oppose the development of a piece of land owned by the builders, Persimmion at the top of Union lane.
So it would seem that they have acquired a strip of land from the health centre which will enable them to widen Union lane to allow better access to the land they want to develop.
When they applied to develop this land some time back it was rejected because Union lane was too narrow to have such a large housing project in that area.
It would seem that they have quietly got hold of a strip of land and then managed to get SLDC planning dept to accept their application to move the wall, therefore widening Union lane. I suppose they will do this work, widen the lane and then re-apply to develop their plot of land.
The question is, how did they manage to get hold of this strip of land without anyone knowing about it, and how come this plan to demolish the wall and build a new one did not come before Ulverston town council.
An explanation from SLDC will make interesting reading.
The curious bit here, as pointed out by Cllr J. Jenkinson, was that this application was never brought before Ulverston town council, but has seemingly been granted by SLDC.
This would have been a very controversial application had it come before UTC as it would affect the residents of Union lane who to a man oppose the development of a piece of land owned by the builders, Persimmion at the top of Union lane.
So it would seem that they have acquired a strip of land from the health centre which will enable them to widen Union lane to allow better access to the land they want to develop.
When they applied to develop this land some time back it was rejected because Union lane was too narrow to have such a large housing project in that area.
It would seem that they have quietly got hold of a strip of land and then managed to get SLDC planning dept to accept their application to move the wall, therefore widening Union lane. I suppose they will do this work, widen the lane and then re-apply to develop their plot of land.
The question is, how did they manage to get hold of this strip of land without anyone knowing about it, and how come this plan to demolish the wall and build a new one did not come before Ulverston town council.
An explanation from SLDC will make interesting reading.
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