Possibility of referendum over refused Sedbergh health centre plans (From The Westmorland Gazette)

Possibility of referendum over refused Sedbergh health centre plans

4:23pm Wednesday 14th January 2009 in

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A REFERENDUM to decide the future of Sedbergh Health Centre could take place in the town within a month.

MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron organised a meeting between the towns doctors and representatives from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority and Sedbergh Parish Council to discuss the rejected plans for a new health centre.

The application - to transform Sedbergh’s old auction mart a into a state of the art medical centre and attached Spar convenience store - was refused by the YDNPA planning committee in November.

Now, the doctors have called for a parish poll while the parish council would like other site options to be explored.

Mr Farron is exploring the possibility of holding a parish poll but said he was determined that it should not cause division within the town.

“There are two main objectives – to make sure that we get a new health centre and to maintain a feeling of unity in the town," he said.

“If the doctors are going to resubmit their application they need to find out where the public stands."

For the full story see The Westmorland Gazette on Friday.