Plans For New Flats In Accrington

Atarah · 05-12-2007, 04:35

Whilst walking down Manchester Road in Accrington yesterday, spotted one of those "Planning Applications" notices tied to a lampost, so decided to read. What a surprise!
It says that Chapel Service Station (dont know whether that means the actual site of the car sales or the site now empty which faces the Police Station and around the corner in Grange Lane) are applying for the -

"demolition of existing buildings and construction of new residential block consisting of 71 flats including 74 car parking spaces in an underecroft area"

How about that! Thats a new one to me. Never seen anything about that in the papers.

Atarah

cashman · 05-12-2007, 13:33

is that where the old church used to be?

Bonnyboy · 05-12-2007, 22:06

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Originally Posted by cashman

is that where the old church used to be?

I remember a church right next door to The swan, was there a church on same side as cop shop too at some point ? The way I'm reading it they on about that side of the road, wonder what an " underecroft area" is

WillowTheWhisp · 05-12-2007, 22:14

It's like a basement.

Bonnyboy · 05-12-2007, 22:17

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

It's like a basement.

Thanks for that Willow

katex · 05-12-2007, 22:18

Oh do concentrate Atarah :-

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/n...reply&p=492107

Atarah · 05-12-2007, 22:34

Oops, never seen that thread. sorry. Serves me right for having been away from the site for so long, eh?

This an old view, looking down Manchester Road shows the old Wesley Church, long since demolished. I think they must mean this area, which of course was taken over a few years ago by a car sales. The premises also go round into Grange Lane and that will be where they intend the "undercroft" to be.

Atarah

katex · 05-12-2007, 22:40

Nice one Atarah .. don't ya' just wish sometimes that it would still look like that.

cashman · 05-12-2007, 22:41

what a superb old picture atarah W.B. and yes bonnyboy the church was opposite the police station entrance.

those terraced houses must be grange lane i think.

MargaretR · 05-12-2007, 22:48

When I started work for Ministry of Pensions & National Insurance in 1959, part of the Accrington office was housed in old sunday school premises on Hargreaves St - that photo looks familiar- worked in it a few years in the days before Melbourne House was built in 1965

Retlaw · 08-03-2008, 15:22

No. That picture shows Manchester Rd around 1900. Note tramlines in road, no overhead cables, so it must be when they had steam trams.

Those old cottages were where the police station and the court buildings now stand.

Retlaw.

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Originally Posted by cashman

what a superb old picture atarah W.B. and yes bonnyboy the church was opposite the police station entrance.

those terraced houses must be grange lane i think.

lindsay ormerod · 10-03-2008, 17:43

Notice they are after planning permission to build on the plot of land on Burnley Rd, used to have some ramshackle old building on it, now has ex-Little Jacks shop next to it.