Lancaster City Council is to place an ‘Article 4 Directive’ on the canal basin at Glasson Dock. This will protect the basin from being developed peicemeal by British Waterways and require that all works on the Marina will have to submit a planning application. Green County Cllr Chris Coates said “This is what local people have been calling for all along. “
BWB Marinas ltd had previously proposed to almost double the number of moorings in the basin, claiming that they had the right to do so under – permitted development rights. This was challenged by local residents and councillors and was ruled out of order by Government Office for the North West in March of this year.
Cllr Coates added “ Its not that everyone is opposed to the basin being redeveloped, it was just the way that BWB Marinas had gone about it without wanting to apply for planning permission that angered everyone.Lets hope that this means that any further plans will be put forward through the proper channels and not sneaked in by some back door loophole in the planning system.”
