Update - January 2008

Dear Residents,

Apologies for the relative silence over the last few weeks - Christmas and New Year took a little recovering from and it is only now that things have started moving at pace again.

By now you have hopefully received a copy of the latest letter to Bob Grugel from the Association. Once again, as promised, this letter was compiled and agreed by the representatives nominated at our original meeting at the Jolly Sailor last year.

We are still looking to hold our meeting with Janet Anderson and Hazel Harding (and other specific individuals from Lancashire County Council) in early February but we have made it quite clear that it is essential that all the key participants from Lancashire County Council are in attendance to ensure that the meeting can be as productive as possible - we currently await Hazel Harding's response in respect of whether she can ensure their attendance.

In the meantime, Lancashire County Council have still not provided us with information relating to the amended proposals for the school position / design and, as such, we remain unaware of whether or not the new designs address the concerns of local residents. We have, of course, requested that the most recent proposals are provided prior to our meeting with Hazel and others from Lancashire County Council although, given recent history, we will wait and see whether these are provided.

Hopefully you will all have heard of the potential for a further public meeting in the next few weeks to ensure that you are fully up to speed with developments - we will let you all know the date / time / venue as soon as we can make the necessary arrangements.

Once again, thank you for your continuing support.