bloovee wrote: > 48 objections received. A committee report has been produced, which seems a bit confused about access to lock 86. > http://www.publicaccess.manchester.gov.uk/associateddocs/selecteddoc.aspx?089880-OCO-0001.pdf
Thanks for that link, Steve. I too tried to contact Angela Leckie to find that she had gone home early. It was reported in the Manchester Evening News that the application has had to be put back because the planners forgot to put up statutory notices about the proposal. (In the last two paragraphs of this article: <http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1118060_coroners_blast_over_gay_village_drowning> ) Worryingly, the article says that the plan was "in line to be rubber-stamped" last week. So 48 objections matters not a bit? I see the new document still says "there is no pedestrian access to the various landing stages". In the summary, it says "the fence will not hinder or interfere with the ability of canal." I think that the problem here is with British Waterways, who would seem to be feeding misleading information to the council. The council will naturally take BW's word that Lock 86 can be accessed by boat because BW are the experts, are they not? I am surprised to see that no comments were received from the Rochdale Canal Society. I cannot see an address on the list that I associate with Manchester IWA although I thought they were putting in an objection. If this goes through as proposed it will no longer be possible to climb over the wall the get to Lock 86. If they have extended the consultation period then perhaps more of you will take time to express your thoughts! -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
