Date: 24/07/2008
High Peak Borough Council has ensured that a derelict site, prominent at the entrance to Glossopdale, has been tidied up and improved.
Conversion works at the former Riverside Inn, at Woolley Bridge, ground to a halt last year -- leaving the site in an unfinished and untidy condition.
After contractors left the site, the Council's Planning Service stepped in and served an 'Untidy Site' notice, under s.215 of the Planning Acts. This notice required that the area be cleared of all rubbish, that the windows be boarded up and the site fenced off.
"We are determined to improve the quality of the environment in High Peak and therefore action needed to be taken," said Linda Baldry, Executive Councillor for Planning. "This is a prominent site on the main A57, at the gateway to Glossopdale, and it was vital that it was cleaned up.
"To ensure that the area was improved, the Council's planning and legal teams worked hard in the face of complex ownership issues, which included overseas interests. The Council will continue to take action against those who leave sites in such appalling conditions."
Photos: The upper picture shows the Riverside Inn site before the clean up work began. The lower picture right shows the Riverside Inn site, as it looks now.