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At 19:22 08/04/2008, you wrote:<br>
Time is running out. 7th May is the deadline.<br><br>
No, not the general election ...<br><br>
To save Hanley Bells:<br><br>
Comments Received so far by Stoke City Council Planning Department:
221;<br><br>
Comments In Favour: 188<br>
Against: 33<br><br>
<br>
See previous mailings below from RB/JEC for instructions on how to
comment in favour of the planning application.<br><br>
RAL<br><br>
<br>
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:15:38 +0100<br>
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At 15:01 on Friday 23 April 2010, Roderic Bickerton wrote (on
r-c):<br><br>
> See this weeks RW<br><br>
> Go to link, which must be a continous full line:<br>
>
<<a href="http://www.planning.stoke.gov.uk/dataonlineplanning/AcolNetCGI.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=56582" eudora="autourl">
http://www.planning.stoke.gov.uk/dataonlineplanning/AcolNetCGI.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=56582</a>
><br><br>
> go to the end of the form<br><br>
> Do the "click here" on public presemtations<br><br>
> You wont have a reference number so again "ckick hear" and
fill in name and<br>
> address.<br><br>
> click the "chose option"<br><br>
> Click support if you believe the bells should be
transfered.<br><br>
> entering a comment is optional, but worth doing<br><br>
Please do this! It is really worth it. I am sure that
local<br>
councillors will be influenced by strong support. And make a
comment,<br>
pointing out how ridiculous it is to retain bells in a tower where<br>
they can't be rung. The more comments the better.<br><br>
JEC<br><br>
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<br><br>
<br>
<font size=2>Stoke City website at:<br>
<b><a href="http://www.planning.stoke.gov.uk/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.planning.stoke.gov.uk/<br>
</a>dataonlineplanning/AcolNetCGI.exe<br>
</b></font>(the planning application Reference number<br>
<font size=2><b>50697/LBC</b></font>)<br><br>
<font size=2><b><i>See also
<a href="http://www.stoneringers.co.uk/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.stoneringers.co.uk/<br>
</a>Hanley/ for notes on navigating the Stoke<br>
City Council Web site for the planning<br>
application.<br>
</i></font><font face="FrutigerLTStd-Bold" size=5>Last chance to save
Hanley bells –<br>
please help!<br><br>
<br>
</b></font>
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br>
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<br>
<font size=6>F</font><font size=2>or over 20 years the future of the fine
Gillett<br>
& Johnson ring of ten bells at St. John-the-<br>
Evangelist Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent has been<br>
uncertain. The church has been closed all this<br>
time with no access and no prospective<br>
alternate use. The tower was used for many<br>
years as a climbing/abseiling facility. Pigeons<br>
have filled the tower with debris and detritus<br>
and the top has become structurally unsound.<br>
The ringers at Stoke were triumphant that<br>
years of uncertainty were resolved when last<br>
year arrangements were made for the church<br>
to be sold for conversion to restaurant use and<br>
for the bells to be removed for re-hanging at<br>
nearby Stone. This triumph turned to dismay<br>
when news then came through that the<br>
Conservation Officer for the Borough had<br>
directed that the bells were not to be removed<br>
from the listed building. Consequently the<br>
bells would be bricked up and left derelict.<br>
Much lobbying and negotiation with the<br>
Borough Council then had to be undertaken<br>
by the ringers to see if the decision could be<br>
re-considered. Happily the Planning<br>
Committee of the Council is now to consider<br>
the whole matter afresh. It will be very<br>
important for the ringers of Stoke to have the<br>
support of ringers across the country in their<br>
campaign to save the bells. Every comment<br>
via the Council’s planning website and every<br>
letter sent by post in support of removing the<br>
bells to Stone will play a vital part in<br>
encouraging the Planning Committee to come<br>
to the right decision!<br>
Can I therefore urge all readers of <i>The<br>
Ringing World </i></font>to please either go onto the<br>
Stoke City website at:<br>
<font size=2><b>
<a href="http://www.planning.stoke.gov.uk/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.planning.stoke.gov.uk/<br>
</a>dataonlineplanning/AcolNetCGI.exe<br>
</b></font>(the planning application Reference number<br>
<font size=2><b>50697/LBC</b></font>)<br>
to register a vote in favour or to write to<br>
<font size=2><b>Stoke-on-Trent City Council Planning<br>
Department at PO Box 630 Civic Centre<br>
Glebe Street Stoke-on-Trent ST4 1RF </b></font>to the<br>
same effect.<br>
This should be done within the next two<br>
weeks – <font size=2><b>The consultation period ends on<br>
the 7th May 2010</b></font>. Do please support the<br>
Stone ringers in what might be the last<br>
chance to ensure that this fine ring of bells<br>
is heard again.<br>
The ringers have not been allowed to<br>
fundraise to cover the cost of removing the<br>
bells until the last “t” and “i” in the<br>
permissions have been crossed and dotted so<br>
the Central Council Bell Rescue Fund and the<br>
Keltek Trust are “standing by” with offers of<br>
loans to enable removal of the bells to take<br>
place immediately permission is given.<br>
ROBERT J. COOLES<br>
On behalf of the CCCBR Committee for<br>
Redundant Bells & Bell Rescue Fund<br>
<font size=2><b><i>See also
<a href="http://www.stoneringers.co.uk/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.stoneringers.co.uk/<br>
</a>Hanley/ for notes on navigating the Stoke<br>
City Council Web site for the planning<br>
application.<br>
</i></font><font face="FrutigerLTStd-Bold" size=5>Last chance to save
Hanley bells –<br>
please help!<br>
</b></font><font size=2><i>North-east view of St John’s, Hanley
</i></font><font size=1>(Photographs courtesy of David Kelly, The Keltek
Trust)<br>
</font><font size=2><i>South-east view of the church – the building has
now been made secure by the developers<br><br>
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