WEST LANCASHIRE
Vol 29 Issue 5
2 February 2022
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INSIDE THIS WEEK: Anthony to feature on Brits In The Sun TV show A MAN from Skelmersdale who moved to Spain for brief stay 12 years ago and is still living there is appearing in the new series of the Channel 5 TV programme Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun. Anthony Horadada, from Birch Green, will appear on the show this Sunday evening. The series charts the lives of Brits who have swapped the damp and grey of the UK for a new life in the sun on the Costa del Sol. Anthony, who delivered the Champion when he was a boy, said: “I moved to Spain for three Anthony Horadada. days and I’m still here. “I’ve not seen some of my family in Skelmersdale since 2020. “I worked on series two and three of the show and I have done other bits since. “The programme initially looked at my journey to Spain and has followed how I have settled down.” There will be another series of the show on TV later this year.
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SHOPS AND CAFES PLAZA PROPOSAL UNVEILED FOR FORMER CAR WASH SITE Plans put forward to transform area of land off by-pass Report by Henry James PLANS to build shops and eateries at the former TC car wash and cafe site in Tarleton have been put forward. The site on Southport New Road, Mere Brow, which used to be a filling station and cafe as well as hand car wash facility, has been derelict for several years. The proposals to redevelop the site involve building two retail units, a food retail unit, and a hot food takeaway. Plans submitted to West Lancashire Borough Council state that the location of the units within two “clusters” will allow for the creation of landscaped areas and a central plaza. This will “promote the usage of external areas while maximising the views through the site and the units, towards the countryside.” Trees will be planted to the front and either side of the new buildings and there will be areas of green space and hedging. The plans state that “the development will be an
How the new development may look, above, and left, how it looked when it was the TC car wash, cafe and takeaway.
asset to the area and improve a site that is at present very harmful to the visual amenity of this important location in the area.” Proposals show the units will have glass frontages to ensure “the openness of the site is maintained.” There will also be a 38 space car parking area, which will include three accessible bays and one
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electric vehicle charging bay. A cycle shelter with 10 spaces and four motorcycle spaces will be provided as well. The retail units will utilise a palette of rustic/ natural materials including wood, weathered brick and slate roof tiles. It is thought these redevelopment proposals could prevent any incidents, such as criminal damage and arson, being committed at the site. The application states: “This proposal will be a benefit to this area; capable of improving a site that is at present detrimental to the amenity of the local area; and is suitable for the location proposed.”
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