Youth centre backed

PARISH councillors have welcomed plans to provide leisure facilities for youngsters in Shaw.

Shaw and Crompton Parish Council planning committee recommended approving an application for the change of use of a bridal shop in Beal Lane to a leisure facility.

The idea is to provide a place for young teenagers to meet and play, with refreshments available.

Councillors were heartened by the scheme and gave it their full backing.

The facility will have one full-time employee and three part-time and will be open from 3.30pm to 9pm on weekdays, until 10.30pm on Fridays, noon to 10.30pm on Saturdays and noon to 9pm on Sundays.

A previous wedding shop at the building has closed twice in a year.

Brides and Grooms shut in September, 2008, after nearly 17 years of trading, but was later reopened as The Bridal Warehouse by a new owner.

Almost a year on it suffered the same fate and has been empty since.