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Bird Report 20 Rookery Census 68 Waterfowl Counts 68 Ringing Report 69 Mammal and Amphibian Report 73
CHORLEY & DISTRICT NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Chorley & District Natural History Society is a Registered Charity Registration Number 513466 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Editor N.T.Southworth, 9, Queensgate, Chorley PR7 2PX (01257 276065) ******************* 1 The Society's recording area follows the boundary of the Chorley Borough in the north, west and south but extends beyond the boundary in the east to include Belmont reservoir plus the whole of the Roddlesworth reservoir system and Tockholes Plantations. 2 CONTENTS Review of the Year 3 Flora Report 7 Fungi Report 7 Invertebrate Report 12 Flight periods of Butterflies 18 Flight periods of Dragonflies 19 Bird Report 20 Rookery Census 68 Waterfowl Counts 68 Ringing Report 69 Mammal and Amphibian Report 73 RECORDERS Flora David Beattie Fungi Leonard Poxon Insects Phil Kirk Birds Neil Southworth Mammals David Beattie REVIEW OF THE YEAR Heavy overnight rain into the new year dampened celebrations and was followed by a short cold snap for the first few days of January, including a severe frost of -5°C on the 5th. There then followed two weeks of relatively mild weather with a typical maximum of 8°C and plenty of mist and drizzle. It was colder on the 12th when there was a thin coating of snow, but which soon cleared. The 20 th was a glorious sunny day (max 7°C) which led to a spell of colder weather for the next week. Frost occurred on 6 days with a low of -2°C and a high of 7°C. Milder weather returned for the last three days with a maximum of 9°C, but it was wet and windy. -
Central Lancashire Open Space Assessment Report
CENTRAL LANCASHIRE OPEN SPACE ASSESSMENT REPORT FEBRUARY 2019 Knight, Kavanagh & Page Ltd Company No: 9145032 (England) MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS Registered Office: 1 -2 Frecheville Court, off Knowsley Street, Bury BL9 0UF T: 0161 764 7040 E: [email protected] www.kkp.co.uk Quality assurance Name Date Report origination AL / CD July 2018 Quality control CMF July 2018 Client comments Various Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec 2018 Revised version KKP February 2019 Agreed sign off April 2019 Contents PART 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Report structure ...................................................................................................... 2 1.2 National context ...................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Local context ........................................................................................................... 3 PART 2: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 4 2.1 Analysis area and population .................................................................................. 4 2.2 Auditing local provision (supply) .............................................................................. 6 2.3 Quality and value .................................................................................................... 7 2.4 Quality and value thresholds .................................................................................. -
Lancashire Bird Report 2003
Lancashire & Cheshire Fauna Society Publication No. 106 Lancashire Bird Report 2003 The Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside S. J. White (Editor) W. C. Aspin, D. A. Bickerton, A. Bunting, S. Dunstan, C. Liggett, B. McCarthy, P. J. Marsh, D. J. Rigby, J. F. Wright 2 Lancashire Bird Report 2003 CONTENTS Introduction ........................................... Dave Bickerton & Steve White ........ 3 Review of the Year ............................................................. John Wright ...... 10 Systematic List Swans & Geese ........................................................ Charlie Liggett ...... 14 Ducks ....................................................................... Dominic Rigby ...... 22 Gamebirds ........................................................................ Bill Aspin ...... 37 Divers to Cormorants ................................................... Steve White ...... 40 Herons ................................................................. Stephen Dunstan ...... 46 Birds of Prey ........................................................ Stephen Dunstan ...... 49 Rails ................................................................................. Bill Aspin ...... 55 Oystercatcher to Plovers ............................................ Andy Bunting ...... 58 Knot to Woodcock .................................................... Charlie Liggett ...... 64 Godwits to Curlew ........................................................ Steve White ...... 70 Spotted Redshank to Phalaropes ....................... -
Ecological Mitigation and Enhancement Strategy
Eaves Green, Chorley Ecological Mitigation and Enhancement Strategy August 2016 TEP Ref: 5170.015 Eaves Green, Chorley Ecological Mitigation and Enhancement Strategy August 2016 TEP Ref: 5170.015 Version 3.0 Prepared by: Marjorie Nadouce TEP Genesis Centre Birchwood Science Park Warrington WA3 7BH Tel: 01925 844004 Fax: 01925 844002 E-mail: [email protected] for Taylor Wimpey 1 Lumsdale Road, Stretford, Manchester, M32 0UT Written: Checked: Approved: MN LG/AP LG/AP Eaves Green, Chorley Ecological Mitigation and Enhancement Strategy CONTENTS PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1 Background .............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Purpose of Report.................................................................................................... 2 2.0 SITE CONTEXT ...................................................................................................... 4 3.0 BASELINE SURVEY METHODS 2015 .................................................................... 5 4.0 ECOLOGY SURVEYS RESULTS 2015 ................................................................... 6 Desk Study .............................................................................................................. 6 Designated Sites ..................................................................................................... 6 Habitats and Flora .................................................................................................. -
View 2012 Bird Report
Lancashire & Cheshire Fauna Society Registered Charity 500685 www.lacfs.org.uk Publication No. 116 Lancashire Bird Report 2012 The Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside S. J. White (Editor) D. A. Bickerton, M. Breaks, G. Clarkson, S. Dunstan, N. Godden, R. Harris B. McCarthy, P. J. Marsh, S.J. Martin, T. Vaughan, J. F. Wright. 2 Lancashire Bird Report 2012 CONTENTS Introduction............................................................................................... Dave Bickerton ........... 3 Review of the Year ......................................................................................... John Wright ........... 4 Systematic List (in the revised BOU order) Swans .................................................................................................................. Tim Vaughan ........... 10 Geese ............................................................................................................. Graham Clarkson ........... 12 Ducks .................................................................................................................... Nick Godden ........... 17 Gamebirds ........................................................................................................... Steve Martin ........... 27 Divers to cormorants.............................................................................................. Bob Harris ........... 30 Herons to Spoonbill .................................................................................... Stephen Dunstan ........... 33 Grebes -
(Public Pack)To Follow 2 Agenda Supplement for Development
DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE TUESDAY, 25TH APRIL 2017, 6.30 PM THE LANCASTRIAN, TOWN HALL, CHORLEY I am now able to enclose, for consideration at the above meeting of the Development Control Committee, the following reports that were unavailable when the agenda was published. Agenda No Item 3 PLANNING APPLICATIONS TO BE DETERMINED A 16/00804/FULMAJ - LAND 120M SOUTH WEST OF 21 (Pages 176 - LOWER BURGH WAY, LOWER BURGH WAY, CHORLEY 205) 4 ENFORCEMENT REPORT - BABYLON LANE (LOCATION PLAN) (Pages 206 - 207) Report of Director (Customer and Digital) enclosed. 5 BREACH OF CONDITION REPORT (Pages 208 - 221) Report of Director (Customer and Digital) enclosed. GARY HALL CHIEF EXECUTIVE Electronic agendas sent to Members of the Development Control Committee If you need this information in a different format, such as larger print or translation, please get in touch on 515151 or chorley.gov.uk Meeting contact Nina Neisser on 01257 515034 or email [email protected] This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Page 176 Agenda Item 3a APPLICATION REPORT – 16/00804/FULMAJ Validation Date: 26 August 2016 Ward: Coppull Type of Application: Major Full Planning Proposal: Full application for the erection of 201 dwellings, associated access, drainage and the provision of public open space and landscaping. Location: Land 120M South West Of 21 Lower Burgh Way Lower Burgh Way Chorley Case Officer: Caron Taylor Applicant: Taylor Wimpey UK Limited Agent: Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners (now Lichfields) Consultation expiry: 13 October 2016 Decision due by: 10 March 2017 RECOMMENDATION 1. That the application is approved subject to conditions and a Section 106 legal agreement. -
Newsletter 155 Colour for E-Neslwetter
QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER Newsletter No. 155 Autumn 2016 Chorley and District Natural History Society is a Registered Charity: Registration Number 513466 THE NOTIFICATION OF THE WEST PENNINE MOORS AS A SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST (SSSI) It has been a notable summer on the West Pennine Moors (WPM) with a host of locally scarce, or previously unrecorded upland specialities reported. Botanically, the consolidation or spread of existing restricted populations of Moonwort, Great Sundew, Royal Fern, Round-leaved Sundew and Bell Heather were noted whilst in many areas, vast carpets of Cranberry fruited in abundance. Highlights were the locating of new colonies of Marsh Andromeda, Cowberry and Labrador Tea, whilst pride of place went to the discovery of Many- stalked Spike-rush, a native perennial new to the WPM. Great Sundew, Belmont Moor 30 th August 1 Bilberry Bumblebee, Belmont 23 rd June Moving away from vascular plants, a population of the upland specialist Bilberry Bumblebee was confirmed at Belmont and whilst Adder numbers in the east of the WPM were down, a male seen in the west by a competent observer in August, confirmed the continuing presence of a relict population there. The WPM is well known for its important breeding bird populations, particularly of waders and gulls, and 2016 was no exception; with the highpoints probably being the ten species of breeding wader across the area and the fledging of at least 38 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls from within the UK’s largest Black-headed Gullery at Belmont. 2 However, eclipsing all of the above and further to the announcement in the CDNHS February Newsletter (no. -
CHORLEY RAMBLERS' AGM Tuesday 26Th November 2019 Chorley Cricket Club, Sandringham Road, Chorley, PR7 1LG Mike Wisdom, Chairma
CHORLEY RAMBLERS’ AGM Tuesday 26th November 2019 Chorley Cricket Club, Sandringham Road, Chorley, PR7 1LG Mike Wisdom, Chairman, introduced himself and opened the formal part of the meeting. There were 33 people in attendance at the AGM and 2 apologies were received. 1/ The notice calling the AGM and describing the matters to be considered today was mailed out to all our members in October 2019. Mike asked that someone move that the reading of this notice now be dispensed with. Proposer - Eileen Entwisle Seconder – Linda Southworth 2/ Approval of the minutes of our last AGM on Tuesday, 27th November 2018. A copy of the minutes can be obtained from our secretary and is also available on our website. Mike asked that someone move that the reading of the minutes held on 27th November 2017 be dispensed with and that they be approved and adopted as presented. Proposer – Dennis Wilson Seconder – Bob Keyburn 3/ Chairman's Report. At last year’s AGM, Mike said he was pleased to announce that Chorley Ramblers had had a very successful year with a substantial increase in membership, reversing the national trend which is still declining. Although this year we have also had a healthy increase in membership, Mike advised that the committee who run the Chorley Ramblers has declined and therefore we are in a critical state. During 2019 three committee members and a volunteer, for various reasons resigned and gratefully, three have joined, but we still have a skeleton board. This is not just unique to us, but common to all clubs relying on volunteers. -
Butterfly Recording Report 2020
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION LANCASHIRE BRANCH DEDICATED TO SAVING WILD BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS AND THEIR HABITATS Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside Butterfly Recording Report 2020 Butterfly Conservation Registered in England 2206468 Registered Charity 254937 Laura Sivell Butterfly Conservation President Sir David Attenborough Registerd Office Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset BH20 5QP President Sir David Attenborough Head Office Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset BH205QP Head Office Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Registered in England 2206468 Tel 0870 7744309 Fax 0870 7706150 Registered Charity No 254397Wareham, Dorset BH20 5QP 01929 400209 Email: [email protected] Butterfly Recording Laura Sivell County Butterfly Recorder Please continue to send your butterfly records (remember, every little helps)to: Lancashire and Merseyside Laura Sivell, email [email protected]—note the change of email. Or by post to 22 Beaumont Place, Lancaster LA1 2EY. Phone 01524 69248. Please note that for records to be included in the annual report, the deadline is the end of February. Late records will still be used for the database, but once the report is written, I’m not going to update or rewrite on the basis of late records. The report is also going to have to be written earlier in the year, in February, as I’m full on with work in March/April and I just can’t do it! Greater Manchester These records should only go to Peter Hardy, 28 Hyde Grove, Sale, M33 7TE, email [email protected] - not to Laura Sivell. Some people have been sending their records to both, leading to a fair amount of wasted time in sorting out the duplicate records. -
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended) Planning Appeal Appeal Reference: APP/D2320/W/20/3265785 Land 120M South West
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended) Planning Appeal Appeal Reference: APP/D2320/W/20/3265785 Land 120M South West Of 21 Lower Burgh Way Lower Burgh Way Chorley Statement of the Local Planning Authority 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The appeal is made by Taylor Wimpey UK Limited against the refusal of full planning permission for the development of land 120M South West Of 21 Lower Burgh Way, Chorley, for the erection of 201 dwellings, associated access, drainage and the provision of public open space and landscaping. 1.2 There is one reason for refusal concerning the inadequacy of affordable housing (AH). In recent days, the Appellant has produced a revised appraisal and has confirmed the site can deliver 30% affordable housing on a 70/30 affordable rented/shared ownership split with a mix of unit sizes but not the other required s.106 contributions. In the light of that changed viability position, the issue between the parties is whether there is any viability reason why the development cannot deliver full policy compliant AH and the other required s.106 contributions. The Council’s case is that there is no viability reason why the development cannot provide both. 1.3 The Appellant has contended that there is no 5 year housing land supply. The Council disagrees and the approach it adopts was confirmed to be correct in a decision in Preston dated 9 th March 2021. The Council adopts the inspector’s reasoning. There is a 5 year land supply. 1.4 In any event, given that there is no viability impediment to delivery of all the housing with policy compliant AH and s.106 contributions there is no policy justification for failure to provide them. -
16/00804/Fulmaj
APPLICATION REPORT – 16/00804/FULMAJ Validation Date: 26 August 2016 Ward: Coppull Type of Application: Major Full Planning Proposal: Full application for the erection of 201 dwellings, associated access, drainage and the provision of public open space and landscaping. Location: Land 120M South West Of 21 Lower Burgh Way Lower Burgh Way Chorley Case Officer: Caron Taylor Applicant: Taylor Wimpey UK Limited Agent: Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners (now Lichfields) Consultation expiry: 13 October 2016 Decision due by: 10 March 2017 RECOMMENDATION 1. That the application is approved subject to conditions and a Section 106 legal agreement. SITE DESCRIPTION 2. The application site is situated at the end of Lower Burgh Way, Eaves Green at the southern extent of Chorley, though it is within the ward and parish of Coppull as the boundary line is along the northern boundary of the site. 3. The site is predominantly semi-improved grassland with scattered scrub. To the north the site is bounded by the existing residential properties on the Birkacre Park development which forms the southern extent of the existing built up residential area around Lower Burgh Way to the south of Myles Standish Way. To the east it is bounded by John Wood through which the River Yarrow flows north to south before sweeping westwards. Beyond John Wood lie open fields and Duxbury Park Golf Club. To the south is open agricultural land and areas of woodland, through which the River Yarrow flows as it makes way back northwards and westwards. The building complex at Lowe’s Tenement Farm lies approximately 175m south of the site and Woodside Cottage lies adjacent to the site in the southeast corner both accessed via Burgh Lane South, a track running north-south through the site. -
Development Control Committee
Town Hall Market Street Chorley Lancashire PR7 1DP 03 June 2013 Development Control Committee You are invited to attend a meeting of the Development Control Committee to be held in the Lancastrian Room, Town Hall, Chorley on Tuesday, 11th June 2013 commencing at 6.30 pm. Members of the Committee are recommended to arrive at the Town Hall by 6.15pm to appraise themselves of any updates received since the agenda was published, detailed in the addendum, which will be available in the Members Room from 5.30pm. AGENDA 1. Apologies for absence 2. Minutes (Pages 1 - 4) To confirm the minutes of the Development Control Committee held on 21 May 2013 as a correct record and be signed by the Chair (enclosed). 3. Declarations of Any Interests Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any pecuniary interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda. If you have a pecuniary interest you must withdraw from the meeting. Normally you should leave the room before the business starts to be discussed. You do, however, have the same right to speak as a member of the public and may remain in the room to enable you to exercise that right and then leave immediately. In either case you must not seek to improperly influence a decision on the matter. 4. Planning applications to be determined The Director of Partnerships, Planning and Policy has submitted ten reports for planning applications to be determined (enclosed). Please note that copies of the location and layout plans are in a separate pack (where applicable) that has come with your agenda.