SOUTH Shore residents celebrated a “victory for democracy” as controversial plans for a mosque were refused by town hall chiefs.
An application for retrospective planning permission for the Noor-A-Madina Mosque on Waterloo Road – a former takeaway – was turned down on grounds of a lack of car parking at Blackpool Town Hall last night.
The plans had met with a storm of protest from more than 300 business owners and residents who had claimed the mosque was operating illegally. [The Gazette] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]
