[Bell Historians] Hanley Stoke on Trent

[Dave Simpson]

Richard Offen  wrote

 

>> Was the fact that they are rotting away in their present home and 

 

Adrian Dempster kindly wrote a letter to the Stoke Conservation Officer
pointing this out.

 

>> potentially at risk from severe vandalism put forward in the proposal 

 

The potential risk from vandalism resulted in the Council granting LBC to
have the bells removed into safe storage back in summer 2007.

This could not be taken advantage of at the time because this was
conditional on whoever removed the bells also fixing the tower roof!

The risk of vandalism has been greatly reduced since Simon Lindford's
workman have been on site and have secured the perimeter.

 

>>  not to mention they are unusable in their present state.

 

Unfortunately this not regarded as a factor in planning guidelines (PPG15).

 

Dave Simpson

 

 

 

 

 

           
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