Campus could be bulldozed for homes
10:20am Sunday 14th October 2012 in News
BOLTON College’s Horwich campus could be closed and replaced with housing, according to the council’s new plans for the town.
Town Hall chiefs say they have identified the land for property development, as the campus may no longer be needed after the creation of the multi-million pound town centre campus.
The college says its lease for the building is coming to an end and a review is under way.
The Horwich campus runs a number of courses, including metalwork fabrication and motor vehicle courses.
In its long-term planning document for the town, Bolton Council has put forward proposals to allocate the land for housing.
The plan states: “Ongoing consolidation of the main Bolton College facilities within Bolton town centre may mean that in the medium term the Horwich campus will no longer be required.
“Redevelopment of the site would then be appropriate and it has been allocated for housing on the proposals map.”
No allocation of the land has been made on the town centre campus or the Farnworth campus as, according to the report: “All of these sites are in current use, and so there is no need to show them on proposals map.”
The draft allocation plan is now open to public consultation.
Landowners and users of land are consulted when proposals are drawn up.
Bolton College principal Marie Gilluley said: “The Bolton College site in Horwich is subject to a lease which ends in the next few years.
“Alternatives for relocation at that time are under review. When, and if, there are firm proposals in relation to the landlord’s future development, we will consider the options available to the college.
“Staff and learners will be fully consulted on plans at the appropriate time.”
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Boltontoday
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2:42pm Sat 13 Oct 12
Andy Higham
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7:49pm Sun 14 Oct 12
Reality50
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1:23am Mon 15 Oct 12
Andyroost
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1:24am Mon 15 Oct 12
Shortly the people of Bolton will realise that Bolton at Home are now a private company and have to run at a profit, cuts are inevitable to rid the dead wood, jobs for the boys, etc but services need to remain, if they go they go forever.
With the freedom of information act the councils are just getting more devious to hide whats happening, Councils arent good for this government, to many regulations govern how they work where'by private companies can be and are more ruthless. The problems stem from the government, They tell the Local Authority the cuts they are making in available funds and leave the council to decide where. The big boys arent going to take a drop so the workers have to, problem is lots are friends and family who have got on not through being good at what they do but who they know, leaving tradesmen being lost long term and left with workers not fit for purpose. system very corrupt, check out how many bosses have sent there relatives within the council on secondments as their jobs are then kept open until they return and hopefully the redundancies will have then been handed out. Dread to think what this country is going to be like for our kids!
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9:43am Mon 15 Oct 12
Boltontoday says...
2:40pm Sat 13 Oct 12