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An application has been submitted to demolish the Royal Oak Hotel on Breck Road. On the site would be 14 residential flats. This property is in the Conservation Area |
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For more information click on this sitewww.energy-pedia.com/article.aspx?articleid=133400 |
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Planning Application - Ref 09/00447/FULMAJ - Royal Oak, 64 Breck Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 7AQ - 11/06/2009 www.wyrebc.gov.uk/Find/13266 |
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The view across the River Wyre to Preesall from Skippool
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THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE ON JANUARY 12TH 2009 Opponents to the plans to store 1.2 million tonnes of gas under the Wyre countryside say the development of offshore facilities is a better alternative.
A £600m project to store gas in 19 salt caverns 15 miles south west of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria was recently approved by Energy Secretary Ed Milliband.
Ben Wallace, MP for Wyre, says the scheme, masterminded by Gateway Storage, shows gas storage "can be done elsewhere in the UK without damaging an environmental protected area and away from a population".
He added: "It strengthens the case that there is no need for it underneath the Wyre countryside. There are alternatives."
Over Wyre residents opposed to any new Canatxx application, which is expected to be submitted early this year, support his view. Darrell Jackson, from Preesall, said: "The Gateway has a lot going for it, it proves there are alternatives to storing gas."
Meanwhile, Lancashire County Council has raised concerns with Canatxx after drilling work in Preesall overran the permitted 28 days. The firm had been drilling a test borehole at the Preesall site since November 25.
A spokesman for the council insisted further work would be monitored. A Canatxx spokesman said the delays were due to bad weather but that work had stopped on Thursday. He said: "The borehole drilling had been taking place under permitted development rights and like all Canatxx projects, continues to be in compliance with all regulations." |
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THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS FROM THE BLACKPOOL EVENING GAZETTE OCTOBER 27th 2008 MP: Dig deep in Canatxx battle Ben Wallace MP met with Stalmine residents to discuss Canatxx's gas storage plans By Joe Robinson WYRE'S MP has issued a rallying call to residents – "You must dig deep to fight Canatxx again." The American firm has targeted December 1 as the date it will resubmit plans to store more than one million tons of natural gas in salt caverns near the River Wyre at Preesall.
But speaking at a meeting of concerned residents who had visited the Canatxx site, Ben Wallace said the people of Wyre "shouldn't be fooled" by the new scheme. He added: "It looks like this application is little or no different to the original one in its basis.
It's something the Government, the community and Lancashire County Council have said no to and it was rejected by the planning inspectorate on the basis of geology which cannot change. Their new spin campaign is full of misinformation and I would urge people not to be taken in. The people of Wyre need to dig deep again and go back to making their case that this is not welcome."
Mr Wallace told around 20 people from Staynall, Stalmine and Preesall how he had refused to meet with Canatxx claiming there was "no point" unless the firm wanted to tell him it would abandon their plans. He also confirmed he had held talks with Welsh Power, the firm behind a proposed new £600m power station in Thornton. It said it had no link and need for the Canatxx scheme.
Ruth McCann, owner of the Sportsmans Caravan Park, at The Heads, Stalmine, which borders the Canatxx site, said: "We like it down here and we don't want Canatxx putting us at risk."
Mr Wallace will now organise a fresh petition.
Before the previous application, more than 12,000 people signed up to oppose the plans which were thrown out in October 2007.
The firm, which held a three-day public exhibition this week, has insisted its latest scheme is vital to the UK and could add up to 20 per cent to the country's gas storage capacity.
Canatxx chief executive Paul Grimes said the scheme would be peer reviewed and closer working with the Health and Safety Executive and the British Geological Survey would reinforce the firm's claim that the plant would pose no risk.
A Canatxx spokesman added: "The application has not been completed let alone submitted. Mr Wallace has refused to engage and find out about the new application so I query where he gets his view that the application is not different. As for his allegation of misinformation, this is completely untrue. READ the last full planning report click here - reproduced courtesy of the planning inspectorate www.pwgroup.org.uk/07-10-16%20IR%20Preesall%20Saltfield%20Fleetwood%201183799.pdf |
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