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Don't fence us in, plead residents



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Published Date: 14 April 2008
Residents have branded a 9ft fence around their homes an eyesore more suited to an animal cage at Chester Zoo.
But developers – who erected the fence after their plans for nine homes nearby were thrown out – today cranked up the war of words, accusing residents of being "nimbies".

Now, planning chiefs have waded into the row, saying part of it must be changed after an outcry by people living on the plush Bamber Bridge estate.

Wainhomes planned to build on land at the end of Goldcrest Drive and Kingfisher Way, but planners rejected the five detached homes and a terrace of four on the grounds open space would be swallowed up, after receiving a petition and 14 letters of objection from locals.

Wainhomes insist they are entitled to build the fence to protect their land. But the "eyesore" has sparked a fresh row, with some saying kids could be impaled if they climb it.

Married mum-of-two Louise Davies, 37, who lives on Goldcrest Drive, next to the site, said: "Residents are up in arms.

"We are concerned kids are going to climb on the fence and could impale themselves. There should be open space and an area where kids can play. It's an eyesore and is dangerous. It's like going to Chester Zoo."

Mrs Davies said a 20-year county council covenant order preventing development on the land was recently ended after an agreement with Wainhomes.

Wainhomes North West boss Steve Robinson said: "It's not illegal to fence off your land. As far as we are concerned, we have done nothing wrong.

"I cannot understand why the people are upset. It's allocated as open space but that does not mean it's for people to use.

"The planning system has given them their houses. They're just nimbies."
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jonh,

14/04/2008 12:30:51
""We are concerned kids are going to climb on the fence and could impale themselves."

Well, they should be climbing the fence. Your kids are your responsibility, not Wainhomes'.
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jonh,

14/04/2008 12:31:42
I did, of course, mean "shouldn't!"
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Eric Cartman,

Preston 14/04/2008 14:02:30
This sounds like Wainhomes throwing their dummy out of the pram because they didn't get planning permission for their below standard crap homes.

Jonh, kids climb things.
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louise davies,

preston 14/04/2008 14:24:19
eric cartmen your exactly right this is exactly what wainhomes have done, but the fact of the matter is this the fence is dangerous, and because two boundary fences are in front of this eyesore, the kids can now climb on to them and try and get over, and as for jonh were you never a kid. we are all responsible parents who live down here and the kids have been told to keep away but accidents do happen,and apart from that we were told when we bought these houses that this land would not be built on,we all have legal documenmets to prove this but wainhomes sold us down the river bought this covenant out from LCC and then put plans in to build, which for now have been refused, our road has no paths and now no field were are the kids supposed to play the road.its pathetic as far as we are concerned, wainhomes have used the excuse that they have blocked it off in case the kids have an accident and we dont sue them, but for the last four years they have played there, and as far as we are concerned they have done this out of spite because they got their plans knocked back
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barnfarm,

14/04/2008 15:48:04
Wainhomes are clearly behaving badly, and if a child is impaled they will be henceforth known as Vlad the Developers. And that could happen because kids, as everyone apart from Jonh has remembered, DO climb. Me and my mates must have spent half our childhoods shinning up one thing or other!
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Mr Smith,

Preston 14/04/2008 16:22:01
Your kids are your responsibility. If they don't listen to you, bring them up better. Kids run on the road, it doesn't mean ban all the cars coming down the street in case one gets knocked over.

If you want to live near a park so your kids can play you just gonna have to move because the company will just change the fence for a safer one.
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keisha,

Bamber Bridge 14/04/2008 22:00:06
I have lived in Bamber Bridge for many years,i find the situation with the fence pathetic, what harm were the children doing playing in the field.It is a darn sight safer than playing in the street,i believe wainhomes are being incredibly petty and just throwing a hissy fit because they did not get their own way about the planning permission.On this occasion money didnt talk.All the local people were trying to do when we objected to further planning was to protect the local wildlife and uphold the promises made to us when the first houses were sold,which in hindsight may have been sold under false pretences.
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PW,

15/04/2008 03:01:33
The young children they are concerned about will not be able to afford a family home when the grow up. Oh dear, now you have to find somewhere else to walk your dog.
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jonh,

15/04/2008 12:39:37
"we were told when we bought these houses that this land would not be built on"

I think this speaks a very great deal! So YOUR hous eis relatively new and was built on open space, but now YOU live there no more houses can be built!

And if kids get told something, but still do it and get hurt, tough.
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louise davies,

15/04/2008 14:41:43
jonh firstly our houses were not built on open space, they are on the site of a school which was shut down many years ago, which in turn was converted into offices which again shut down NOT OPEN SPACE, secondly the land we are refering to is at the end of our street, which IS OPEN SPACE, this had a covenant order on it which we have a legal leese to state that this land would not be built on for 20 years, which wainhomes bought from LCC,without notice to residents, so yes we dont want more houses built because we were told when we bought our homes that this land was not going to be built on and it was public open space.and thirdly, obviously you must have never done anything wrong in your life to be so perfect, kids will be kids at the end of the day, they have all been told to stay away, and up to now they have done, but accidents do happen, that is why they are called accidents, and its not a case of tough if they get hurt thats a wrong and nasty thing to say, and you should be ashamed of yourself
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