3000 new houses in Clitheroe!

This is meant to be The Ribble Valley, an area of 'outstanding beauty', an area of rolling hills, greenery, and beautiful countryside!. I am afraid if the housing fiasco continues we will have nothing left to look at, apart from houses and lots more cars!.

We moved up from a little village called Standish over twelve years ago, the reason we moved here was because it was unspoiled and loved the ribble valley, as we used to own a caravan at Gisburn.

Standish used to be a lovely village very quaint but had everything you needed, plus lots of countryside and a pleasure to live in. Then along came houses, lots of them, so many of them in fact you dont see any fields at all, the traffic is unbelievable, If I come to Standish form Clitheroe it takes just as long to get into the centre as what it does to travel up to the junction 27 on the motorway. There is a crossroads in standish and thats all there is, to come in and go out, it is a mess and people have been killed on this crossroad because of the traffic including trucks trying to get aroung the corner. Standish has been destroyed by housing and traffic, believe me I had lived there most of my life, thats why we decided to move here.

If you have the time or your passing junction 27, go into Standish and you will see for yourself what Clitheroe will become if all this housing goes ahead.

Another thing, how come the housing on primrose lane is virtually come to a standstill, if we need so much housing, I cant see any progress, but then again, who would want to buy a house built on stilts over an old pond!.