Conservative Councillors, Mark Perks and Alan Platt, are happy to report the hedging along Chancery Road in front of the shops and Baron's Rest has been saved.
On hearing from residents that Chorley Council had been asked to tear up the hedging Alan and Mark met with Chorley Council Open Spaces Officers to discuss options drawn up by the council. It was agreed that, instead of removing the hedging, it would be cut back in front of the Barons and the hedge along the knee rail cut down to knee height and the gaps replanted. The work has now been done and the hedges will be maintained on a regular basis.
Work will also shortly begin on the neighbourhood scheme, to make improvements to the land around the subway, put forward by Cllr Mark Perks who said, "now the council has taken measures to tackle the knotweed problem plans have been drawn up to replant the slopes and undertake landscaping which improve the visual aspect and tackle the issue of eroded soil being deposited on the footpath which blocks the drains and makes a general mess every time it rains heavily."Chorley Council has approved, and will undertake, the work starting this Winter. The scheme has also been supported by the Parish Council.
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