Pennine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) was arrange in 2007 in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, by Sue Curran, who began fostering dogs in her home.
Since then, PAWS has rescued, rehomed and rehabilitated 1,500 cats and dogs in areas together with Burnley, Halifax, Rochdale and, extra just lately, Saddleworth and Oldham.
Ms Curran advised The Oldham Times: “It’s my life’s work, I reside with the animals.
“I do not know what I’d do with out it.”
In January final yr, the owner issued PAWS with a discover ending their tenancy at their earlier base, with the rescue service finally shifting out on the finish of July this yr.
Since then, PAWS has not been in operation, with animals at present in boarding kennels because it waits to be given planning permission.
Now, PAWS has submitted an software to Oldham Council, searching for to transform a vacant steady block into kennels and to build a separate cattery on Green Belt land in Delph which it has purchased.
The land with the present breezeblock building relies off of Hill Top Lane and Badger Edge Lane in Saddleworth.
Ms Curran stated PAWS has been in search of a brand new home for 3 years and that the land close to Delph is the one place they’ve discovered which might swimsuit the rescue service.
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According to a planning assertion ready by MacMarshalls Rural Chartered Surveyors and Planning Consultants, on behalf of PAWS, the empty stables can be transformed into eight kennels, with extensions to the entrance and rear of the building.
Meanwhile, the cattery building can be constructed to the west of the present building and would have 10 bays for cats, together with three isolation items, and an workplace.
PAWS would build a separate cattery unit (Image: Pennine Animal Welfare Society)
An present storage container can be eliminated, whereas the planning assertion provides {that a} horse and pony that at present graze on the web site would proceed to take action.
The web site lies within the Green Belt, however PAWS argues the reuse of an present building “wouldn’t detract from [the] openness” of the land.
Along with the event of the kennels and the development of a cattery, PAWS has proposed to develop a carpark and a part of the land can be used as a canine train discipline.
PAWS rescues and rehomes all types of dogs (Image: Pennine Animal Welfare Society)
In the applying, PAWS, which has been a registered charity since 2014, stated the circumstances of the proposal are “very particular” and would outweigh any hurt to the Green Belt.
PAWS beforehand utilized to make use of the identical house to develop two kennels together with the cattery in May this yr, however the plans had been refused in July on the grounds that the openness of the Green Belt can be harmed.
Ms Curran stated: “We’ve downsized the buildings and altered every thing they’ve requested us to – now we simply pray.
“I hate to assume what would occur if planning was refused, it will be the tip of PAWS, let’s face it.”
The animal rescue service says it has “exhausted” all different potential premises and that it “desperately wants” to make use of the land because it has “nowhere else to go”.
