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Bailey s Field in Darwen A group of residents fighting to save a field from housing developers will need to wait eight weeks before they find out whether the land can be listed as an asset of community value . The row over the potential development of Bailey s Field in Darwen escalated last week, when residents living close to Ellison Fold Way set up a Parkland Trust to try and protect the field, which many people use for recreational purposes. Bailey s Field, Darwen The council received an application from Altham-based McDermott Homes back in February, proposing for more than 300 new houses to be built on the field, but after concerns were raised over the dangers of open mineshafts, which had been found on the site, as well as the loss of wildlife habitats, residents nominated Bailey s Field to be listed as an Asset of Community Value (ACV). ....
Darwen developer to pay £1.5m for school places and road upgrades thisislancashire.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisislancashire.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Gemma Bradley AN online petition calling for a breakaway from Blackburn with Darwen Council for Darwen has passed the halfway point of its goal of 5,000 signatures. Darwen Town independence, on change.org, has been signed by 2,550 people but Dexit as it has become affectionately known in recent years has been on people’s minds for a lot longer. Almost as soon as Blackburn and Darwen merged in 1974, Darwen residents claimed that they were being ‘left behind’ and their wishes ignored. This most recent petition is at least the fourth in the past 20 years, often appearing after a new controversial decision by the borough council, such as recent planning applications for new houses to be built in Darwen in Pole Lane and Ellison Fold Way. ....