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Croal/Irwell Local Environment Agency Plan Environmental Overview October 1998
Croal/Irwell Local Environment Agency Plan Environmental Overview October 1998 NW - 10/98-250-C-BDBS E n v ir o n m e n t Ag e n c y Croal/lrwell 32 Local Environment Agency Plan Map 1 30 30 E n v ir o n m e n t Ag e n c y Contents Croal/lrwell Local Environment Agency Plan (LEAP) Environmental Overview Contents 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Air Quality 2 1.3 Water Quality 7 1.4 Effluent Disposal 12 1.5 Hydrology. 15 1.6 Hydrogeology 17 1.7 Water Abstraction - Surface and Groundwater 18 1.8 Area Drainage 20 1.9 Waste Management 29 1.10 Fisheries 36 1.11 . Ecology 38 1.12 Recreation and Amenity 45 1.13 Landscape and Heritage 48 1.14 Development . 5 0 1.15 Radioactive Substances 56 / 1.16 Agriculture 57 Appendix 1 - Glossary 60 Appendix 2 - Abbreviations ' 66 Appendix 3 - River Quality Objectives (RQOs) 68 Appendix 4 - Environment Agency Leaflets and Reports 71 Croal/lrwell LEAP l Environmental Overview Maps Number Title Adjacent to Page: 1 The Area Cover 2 Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) 3 3 Water Quality: General Quality Assessment Chemical Grading 1996 7 4 Water Quality: General Quality Assessment: Biological Grading 1995 8 5 Water Quality: Compliance with proposed Short Term River Ecosystem RQOs 9 6 Water Quality: Compliance with proposed Long Term River Ecosystem RQOs 10 7 EC Directive Compliance 11 8 Effluent Disposal 12 9 Rainfall 15 10 Hydrometric Network 16 11 Summary Geological Map: Geology at Surface (simplified) 17 12 Licensed Abstractions>0.5 Megalitre per day 18 13 Flood Defence: River Network 21 14 Flood Defence: River Corridor -
Lancashire Bird Report 2005
Lancashire & Cheshire Fauna Society Publication No. 108 Lancashire Bird Report 2005 The Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside S. J. White (Editor) D. A. Bickerton, A. Bunting, S. Dunstan, R. Harris C. Liggett, B. McCarthy, P. J. Marsh, S.J. Martin, J. F. Wright. 2 Lancashire Bird Report 2005 CONTENTS Introduction .................................................... Dave Bickerton & Steve White ......... 2 Review of the Year ...................................................................... John Wright ....... 11 Systematic List Wildfowl ................................................................................ Charlie Liggett ....... 16 Gamebirds ................................................................................Steve Martin ....... 35 Divers to cormorants .................................................................. Bob Harris ....... 39 Herons to birds of prey .................................................... Stephen Dunstan ....... 45 Rails ...........................................................................................Steve Martin ....... 53 Oystercatcher to plovers ...................................................... Andy Bunting ....... 56 Knot to Woodcock ................................................................ Charlie Liggett ....... 61 Godwits to phalaropes .............................................................. Steve White ....... 66 Skuas ........................................................................................... Pete Marsh ....... 73 Gulls ...................................................................................... -
Lancashire Bird Report 2008
Lancashire & Cheshire Fauna Society Registered Charity 500685 www.lacfs.org.uk Publication No. 112 Lancashire Bird Report 2008 The Birds of Lancashire and North Merseyside S. J. White (Editor) D. A. Bickerton, G. Clarkson, S. Dunstan, R. Harris C. Liggett, B. McCarthy, P. J. Marsh, S.J. Martin, T. Vaughan, J. F. Wright. 2 Lancashire Bird Report 2008 CONTENTS Introduction.................................................... Dave Bickerton & Steve White......... 3 Review of the Year ......................................................................John Wright......... 4 Systematic List Swans..................................................................................Charlie Liggett......... 8 Geese & ducks......................................Graham Clarkson & Steve White....... 10 Gamebirds ............................................................................Steve Martin....... 26 Divers to cormorants ............................................................. Bob Harris....... 29 Herons to birds of prey................................................Stephen Dunstan....... 34 Rails .......................................................................................Steve Martin....... 45 Oystercatcher to plovers....................................................Tim Vaughan....... 47 Knot to phalaropes................................................................Steve White....... 53 Skuas ....................................................................................... Pete Marsh....... 65 Gulls.................................................................................. -
River Basin Management Plan North West River Basin District
River Basin Management Plan North West River Basin District Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives Contents C.1 Introduction 3 C.2 Actions we can all take 9 C.3 All sectors 11 C.4 Agriculture and rural land management 14 C.5 Angling and conservation 32 C.6 Central government 45 C.7 Environment Agency 52 C.8 Industry, manufacturing and other business 67 C.9 Local and regional government 78 C.10 Mining and quarrying 87 C.11 Navigation 92 C.12 Urban and transport 96 C.13 Water industry 102 Environment Agency River Basin Management Plan, North West River Basin District 2 Annex C: Actions to deliver objectives December 2009 C.1 Introduction This annex sets out tables of the actions (the programmes of measures) that are proposed for each sector. Actions are the on the ground activities that will implemented to manage the pressures on the water environment and achieve the objectives of this plan. Further information relating to these actions and how they have been developed is given in: • Annex B: Objectives for waters in the North West River Basin District This gives information on the current status and environmental objectives that have been set and when it is planned to achieve these. • Annex D: Protected area objectives (including programmes for Natura 2000) This gives details of the location of protected areas, the monitoring networks for these, the environmental objectives and additional information on programmes of work for Natura 2000 sites. • Annex E: Actions appraisal This gives information about how we have set the water body objectives for this plan and how we have selected the actions. -
Ramblers Gems a Spring Vale Rambling Class Publication
Ramblers Gems A Spring Vale Rambling Class Publication Volume 1, Issue 10 10th July 2020 For further information or to submit a contribution email: [email protected] I N S I D E T H I S I SSUE Monster Alert 1 Thought of the Week / Monster Alert 2 A Darwen to Mellor Walk 3 Haslingden Grane A Story built in Stone 4 Walking the Tolkien Trail 5/ A Bit more than a Day Trip 6 Royal Hunting Grounds 7 Thought of the week Giant Hogweed has been listed as the most dangerous plant in Britain. This deadly plant is in the news again this year for its severe dermal reactions in both humans and animals after only a brief contact. The plant is now rapidly spreading throughout the UK and is usually found around watersides as well as in grassy areas and open woods. Exposure to hogweed sap can occur simply by Watch the sunrise at least once a year. brushing against it with bare skin and this causes skin Put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate. ulcerations, fluid-filled blisters and vomiting. Signs can Lie on your back and look at the stars. develop rapidly within a few hours and open skin Never buy a coffee table you can’t put your feet on. Never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline. lesions pose the risk of secondary infections. The Don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for the symptoms are further aggravated by sunlight. big ones. Please take care, especially with children and dogs H. -
South Pennines Wind Energy Landscape Study 2014
South Pennines Wind Energy Landscape Study For Rossendale, Burnley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Barnsley Councils Final Report Prepared by Julie Martin Associates and LUC October 2014 Photo: Ovenden Moor Wind Farm JULIE MARTIN ASSOCIATES LUC BRISTOL The Round House 14 Great George Street Swale Cottage Bristol Station Road BS1 5RH Richmond Tel: 0117 929 1997 North Yorkshire Fax: 0117 929 1998 DL10 4LU [email protected] Tel: 01748 826984 [email protected] Contents 1 Introduction 3 National Planning Policy Context 3 Purpose and Scope of the Study 3 The Study Area 4 Wind Energy Development in the South Pennines 5 Content of This Report 5 2 The Landscape of the South Pennines 7 The South Pennines Landscape: Overview 7 Landscape Framework for the Study 9 3 Assessment Approach and Methodology 13 Introduction 13 Key Terms and Definitions 13 Assessing Landscape Sensitivity to Wind Energy Development 14 Judging Landscape Sensitivity to Different Sizes of Development 16 Developing Guidance for Wind Energy Development 18 Considering Cumulative Impacts 18 Limitations of the Assessment 19 4 Landscape Sensitivity Assessments and Guidance 21 Introduction to the Sensitivity Assessments and Guidance 21 LCT A: High Moorland Plateaux 23 LCT B: Moorland Hills 31 LCT C: Enclosed Uplands 37 LCT D: Moorland Fringes / Upland Pastures 43 LCT E: Rural Fringes 51 LCT F: Settled Valleys 57 LCT G: Wooded Rural Valleys 63 LCT I: Reservoir Valleys 69 LCT K: Coalfield Edge Urban Fringe Farmland 75 LCT M: Industrial Lowland Valleys 81 LCT N: Rolling Wooded Farmland -
LAND Programme
Inspiring Creativity conference This one-day conference in October 2004 for primary teachers, headteachers and artists focused on creative approaches to teaching and learning through the arts. Artists Gordon MacLellan and Hugh Nankivell led sessions reflecting their work with Land. Other artists involved included: Kjartan Poskitt, Pat Southern and Steve Hutton. The event was attended by 98 people and helped set the scene for the start of the Arts Council’s Creative Partnerships scheme. Young Carers' Retreat In July 2005 a pioneering scheme, devised by Land in partnership with the Young Carers’ Project, resulted in the first ever arts-based course for young people who care for an incapacitated adult. The 4-day residential course, held at Whitehough Outdoor Education Centre near the village of Barley in Pendle, enabled 50 young carers from across East Lancashire to enjoy a complete break from routine. They immersed themselves in arts activities led by six professional artists, including mask and puppet-making, willow-weaving, music and drama, culminating in a performance. In keeping with the aims of Land they also left behind an artistic legacy in the form of willow sculptures of a heron and a unicorn in the landscape for others to enjoy. The young people were centrally involved in planning and organising their week, and their activities were filmed and photographed to provide them with a lasting reminder. At a celebratory event at Burnley Mechanics in October, attended by 82 people including the Mayor of Rossendale, each member of the course was presented with a souvenir DVD - which you can watch HERE or via the Project Videos link above the images to the right. -
Lancashire and Blackpool Local Flood Risk Management Strategy 2014-2017
Lancashire and Blackpool Local Flood Risk Management Strategy 2014 - 2017 2 For more information about the Lancashire and Blackpool Flood Risk Management Strategy please contact: Flood Risk Management Teams Lancashire County Council PO Box 78 County Hall Fishergate Preston Lancashire PR1 8XJ [email protected] Blackpool Council Town Hall Blackpool FY1 1AD [email protected] 3 (Lancashire County Council and Blackpool Executive Summary Council are the Lead Local Flood Authorities and throughout this strategy will be referred This Lancashire and Blackpool Flood Risk to as ‘the councils’). Our close proximity to Management Strategy has been jointly each other means that in many instances we produced by Lancashire County Council and work together to manage developments, wider Blackpool Council to show how we intend to strategic infrastructure and issues such as manage the risk from local sources of flooding flooding and water quality. initially over the next 3 years and with revised Due to the cross border nature of flooding editions every 6 years. Local sources of and the on-going relationship we have, flooding, are those from ordinary watercourses there are many benefits in working closely (small streams and channels), pluvial (surface with each other to manage local flood risks water runoff as a result of heavy rainfall) and and a decision was made to produce a joint groundwater (where water held beneath the document, the Lancashire and Blackpool ground reaches the surface). Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (the ‘Local Strategy’). This strategy ensures a Water does not follow administrative catchment based approach and promotes boundaries. -
Type of Structure Or Features District Town
Type of Structure or features District Town Upstream X Upstream Y Downstream X Downstream Y Local Location Name Debris Screen Blackburn with Darwen BC Brownhill 368423 430902 Screen 2 on Brownhill Culvert Inland Waterway Burnley <Null> <Null> <Null> Burnley Section of L&L Canal Culvert Burnley Briercliffe 387923 434470 387922 434470 Ormeroyd FB Culvert Burnley Briercliffe 388460 434632 388462 434632 Black House Lane FB Culvert Burnley Briercliffe 389276 434616 389275 434617 Ell Scar FB Culvert Burnley Briercliffe 389958 434558 389957 434559 New Plantation FB Culvert Burnley Briercliffe 390493 434866 390488 434861 Ridehalgh Lane Culvert Culvert Burnley Briercliffe 390592 434842 390589 434843 Thursden Wood Culvert Culvert Burnley Briercliffe 390742 434733 390735 434733 Thursden Bridge Drain Burnley Brownside 387349 432504 386894 432428 Drains to Lindsay Park Culvert Burnley Brownside 386788 433270 386789 433268 Houghton Hag FB Debris Screen Burnley Burnley 382877 431997 Chicken Hill Wood Debris Screen Burnley Burnley 385656 430619 Towneley Farm Screen Debris Screen Burnley Burnley 384865 430490 Copy Wood Screen Pumping Station Burnley Burnley 382880 433961 Ighten Manor (Foxcroft) PS Debris Screen Burnley Burnley 385216 431831 Screen on Towneley Golf Course Debris Screen Burnley Burnley 385200 431970 Screen on Culvert in Towneley Debris Screen Burnley Burnley 386212 435122 Standenhall Drive Debris Screen Burnley Burnley 383111 431774 Screen on Sep Clough culvert in Scott Park Debris Screen Burnley Burnley 386182 434300 Widow Hill Road Debris -
Protected Areas 3
River Basin Management Plan North West River Basin District Annex D: Protected area objectives Contents D.1 Introduction 2 D.2 Types and location of protected areas 3 D.3 Monitoring network 12 D.4 Objectives 19 D.5 Compliance (results of monitoring) including actions (measures) 22 for Surface Water Drinking Water Protected Areas and Natura 2000 Protected Areas D.6 Other information 172 D.1 Introduction The Water Framework Directive specifies that areas requiring special protection under other EC Directives and waters used for the abstraction of drinking water are identified as protected areas. These areas have their own objectives and standards. Article 4 of the Water Framework Directive requires Member States to achieve compliance with the standards and objectives set for each protected area by 22 December 2015, unless otherwise specified in the Community legislation under which the protected area was established. Some areas may require special protection under more than one EC Directive or may have additional (surface water and/or groundwater) objectives. In these cases, all the objectives and standards must be met. Article 6 requires Member States to establish a register of protected areas. The types of protected areas that must be included in the register are: • areas designated for the abstraction of water for human consumption (Drinking Water Protected Areas); • areas designated for the protection of economically significant aquatic species (Freshwater Fish and Shellfish); • bodies of water designated as recreational waters, including areas designated as Bathing Waters; • nutrient-sensitive areas, including areas identified as Nitrate Vulnerable Zones under the Nitrates Directive or areas designated as sensitive under Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD); • areas designated for the protection of habitats or species where the maintenance or improvement of the status of water is an important factor in their protection including 1 relevant Natura 2000 sites. -
Musbury Heights and Helmshore Stunning Scenery and Fantastic Views Await You on This Helmshore-Based Route
5 Musbury Heights and Helmshore Stunning scenery and fantastic views await you on this Helmshore-based route. START: Car park at Helmshore Mills, Helmshore (GPS waypoint SD 777 214) DISTANCE: 4.5 miles (7km) DIFFICULTY: HEIGHT GAIN: APPROX. TIME: 2 hours PARKING: Available at Helmshore Mills at the beginning of the route ROUTE TERRAIN: Hard tracks, fields, grass hillsides FACILITIES: Café at Helmshore Mills, open to the general public from 11am SUITABILITY: Not suitable for wheelchairs or prams, dogs must be kept under control around livestock and ground nesting birds OS MAPS: Landranger 103 (Blackburn and Burnley), Explorer 287 (West Pennine Moors) David Turner LANCASHIRE WALKS MUSBURY HEIGHTS AND HELMSHORE A four and a half mile route, which starts from the Helmshore is a village in the first dedicated cotton mill and reservoirs were built in the 19th Blackburn bus station and quiet village of Helmshore and takes the walker over Rossendale Valley, south of was located immediately below century, Haslingden Grane had a nearby Rawtenstall bus station, moorland, through valleys and over hilltops, before Haslingden. The village sits where Alden Farm stands today. population of around 1,300 and which is on Bacup Road. The The walker’s view skirting nearby Holden Wood Reservoir. beside and includes the old the remains of some buildings East Lancashire Railway also township of Musbury, part Industry expanded as time went can still be seen. runs between Rawtenstall, Bury David Turner discovers Helmshore Due to the terrain and number of hills and stiles of Haslingden and part of on and larger mills were built in and Heywood, but this service with this route encountered, we can’t class this as an accessible walk. -
FR ASSET REGISTER 30.09.20.Xlsx
Last updated 30.09.2020 Unit Type Location Address 1 Town Region Easting Northing RESERVOIR UPPER COLDWELL RESERVOIR BACK LANE BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 390353 436071 CULVERTS BALDERSTONE LANE CULVERT BALDERSTONE LANE BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 386165 434528 DEBRIS SCREENS BALDERSTONE LANE DEBRIS SCREEN BALDERSTONE LANE BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 386182 434561 CULVERTS BLACK HOUSE LANE FOOTBRIDGE BLACK HOUSE LANE BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 388460 434632 CULVERTS THURSDEN BRIDGE HALIFAX ROAD BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 390742 434733 CULVERTS NEW PLANTATION FOOTBRIDGE RIDEHALGH LANE BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 389958 434558 CULVERTS RIDEHALGH LANE CULVERT RIDEHALGH LANE BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 390493 434866 CULVERTS THURSDEN WOOD CULVERT RIDEHALGH LANE BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 390592 434842 CULVERTS COCKDEN BRIDGE TODMORDEN ROAD BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 387629 434399 CULVERTS ORMEROYD FOOTBRIDGE TODMORDEN ROAD BRIERCLIFFE BURNLEY 387923 434470 CULVERTS CULVERT UNDER ACTIVE WAY BURNLEY ACTIVE WAY BURNLEY BURNLEY 383777 432818 CULVERTS BARDEN MILL RAILWAY CULVERT BARDEN LANE BURNLEY BURNLEY 384168 434903 CULVERTS ASHFIELD ROAD BRIDGE CALDER VALE ROAD BURNLEY BURNLEY 383746 432935 CULVERTS CALDERBROOK AVENUE CULVERT CALDERBROOK AVENUE BURNLEY BURNLEY 383125 431213 CULVERTS MANCHESTER ROAD FOOTBRIDGE CALDERBROOK PLACE BURNLEY BURNLEY 383136 431327 CULVERTS EAVERAGE CLOUGH CULVERT AT REAR OF TOWNLEY FARM CASTLE HILL BURNLEY BURNLEY 385559 430541 CULVERTS TOWNELEY FARM CULVERT 2 CASTLE HILL BURNLEY BURNLEY 385516 430513 CULVERTS CENTENARY WAY CULVERT CENTENARY WAY BURNLEY BURNLEY 384245 432264 CULVERTS