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18.07.2023 - 11:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A seaside attraction could be illuminated so it can be used for longer, if plans are approved. A planning application has been submitted to light up a Blackpool skate park, enabling skaters to continue using the facility in the winter months.
Plans submitted by Blackpool Council for a scheme to install six solar lighting columns, each eight metres high, at the skate park in Stanley Park. Architects Cassidy and Ashton, which has submitted a design brief for the scheme, says the investment will make the site more secure, particularly in the winter months, and complete the recent refurbishment.
In the past, the site has been a target for vandalism. Funding for the new lights has been secured from sources including £10,000 from the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner.
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The lighting is one of eight new projects from across the county being supported as part of the Commissioner’s Safer Lancashire Neighbourhoods Fund using money seized from criminals.
Other funding is from sources including Tesco and the council. Documents submitted with the planning application, say: “The proposed scheme seeks the installation of six solar lighting columns along the boundary of the skate park, to provide illumination during the darker, winter evenings and allow the safe and secure continued operations of the skate park, and assist in the prevention of anti-social behaviour.”
The lights would only be operational in the dark evenings so are not considered detrimental to the heritage of the park. Nearby netball courts are already floodlit in winter.
The application says: “Therefore, the works proposed have been designed to have as
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