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Listed ride saved
Britain’s oldest surviving amusement park ride, the Aerial Glide at Shipley Glen Pleasure Grounds in Baildon, West Yorkshire, became a Grade II listed building on 31 October after fears grew that it was about to be demolished.
The listing followed an emergency application by local campaigner, Mike Short, and amusement park historian, Nick Laister, who made a direct approach to English Heritage and the DCMS after being unable to obtain a Building Preservation Notice from the local council.
However, on 5 November workmen on the site started cutting down the 1900-built structure, work only ceasing when the police and local authority were called to intervene.
In a subsequent interview with the Bradford Telegraph & Argus, the owner of the land, Paul Teale, said he was unaware that the ride had been listed. The listing notice had apparently been put through his letterbox and got mixed up with recycling rubbish.
No further demolition work has taken place but Short is still waiting for a reply from Bradford Metropolitan District Council about what action they now propose to take.
Theoretically the owner could be served with an enforcement notice, both to prevent further demolition of the ride and to force him to restore it to its pre-listed state.
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