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Paultons Park expected to be allowed to keep The Edge ride
10:40am Tuesday 16th March 2010 in
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- By Chris Yandell » Chief Reporter, New Forest
A HAMPSHIRE amusement park looks set to win a six-month battle to save one of its biggest rides after receiving a massive show of support.
Paultons Park launched an Internet campaign after the New Forest National Park Authority (NPA) ordered it to move or demolish The Edge. The park has received more than 1,400 messages of support from people who say it should be allowed to continue operating the ride.
Now NPA members are likely to approve the latest application to keep The Edge when they meet today.
The local parish council has already done a U-turn and withdrawn its earlier opposition to the ride which was installed without planning permission.
Last year the NPA refused a proposal to retain both The Edge and another attraction The Cobra after residents complained about the screams made by people riding The Edge. Two months later an application to keep only The Cobra was approved. Now the NPA’s planning and development control committee is being recommended to give The Edge the all-clear as well.
A report to members says: “Unlike the previous application, an overwhelming majority of representations support the retention of The Edge. This significant amount of support follows a campaign on the Paultons Park website and a mail shot by the company.
“It will also be noted that both Copythorne Parish Council and the district council have withdrawn their previous objections and support the current application.”
However, both authorities say their decision was prompted by the potential implications of refusing the latest proposal.
As reported in the Daily Echo, Paultons could move The Edge to the main part of the site without the need to obtain planning permission. If that happened, the ride would end up even closer to neighbouring houses.
Lady Kara Hawks, chairman of Copythorne Parish Council, said: “We feel The Edge is better left where it is.”
Comments(12)
Smiley69
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11:48am Tue 16 Mar 10
My View from the Hill
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12:28pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Result
hulla baloo
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1:26pm Tue 16 Mar 10
It seems nowadays that the best way to get things done is to build it, apply for retrospective and keep appealing until you get it.
jimbobbo
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1:32pm Tue 16 Mar 10
hulla baloo wrote:That's because we live in a world of rules, regulations and control, and our local councils employ people who feel like they have to justify their existence by making everybody else's lives difficult. Sack the lot of them.
Whilst is is good news for Paultons, one has to seriously start considering planning permissions process and/or lack of.
It seems nowadays that the best way to get things done is to build it, apply for retrospective and keep appealing until you get it.
v_dubman2005
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1:56pm Tue 16 Mar 10
jimbobbo wrote:I was about to add to your view but I have just been told I would need permission for an extension.
hulla baloo wrote:That's because we live in a world of rules, regulations and control, and our local councils employ people who feel like they have to justify their existence by making everybody else's lives difficult. Sack the lot of them.
Whilst is is good news for Paultons, one has to seriously start considering planning permissions process and/or lack of.
It seems nowadays that the best way to get things done is to build it, apply for retrospective and keep appealing until you get it.
jimbobbo
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2:00pm Tue 16 Mar 10
v_dubman2005 wrote:Very good ;-)
jimbobbo wrote:I was about to add to your view but I have just been told I would need permission for an extension.
hulla baloo wrote:That's because we live in a world of rules, regulations and control, and our local councils employ people who feel like they have to justify their existence by making everybody else's lives difficult. Sack the lot of them.
Whilst is is good news for Paultons, one has to seriously start considering planning permissions process and/or lack of.
It seems nowadays that the best way to get things done is to build it, apply for retrospective and keep appealing until you get it.
Jammy Donut
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2:25pm Tue 16 Mar 10
the road
Jammy Donut
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2:27pm Tue 16 Mar 10
the road
v_dubman2005
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2:37pm Tue 16 Mar 10
Jammy Donut wrote:WOW Aldi have a roller coaster?? I'm on my way.
Lets hope this approval will not spread to the Aldi depot across
the road
Condor Man
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7:30pm Tue 16 Mar 10
cmth40
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7:58pm Tue 16 Mar 10
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11:30am Tue 16 Mar 10