New Preston mosque would be open to the whole community, amid warning of ‘them and us’ attitude
Alban Cassidy, a director of the Preston-based architectural and planning firm Cassidy + Ashton, which is seeking permission for the scheme, took issue with the suggestion that the landmark mosque would “only benefit the Muslim community”.
Mr. Cassidy said that he was “not aware of that” - but pointed to a need for community spaces identified in Broughton Parish Council’s own local plan and also a submission made at the start of the inquiry by a local scout group leader, Fatima Ismail, about the benefits of the mosque. Pressed by Mr. Black as to whether supporters of the scheme who were expecting it to include education and childcare offerings were “just simply...mistaken”, Mr. Cassidy said that education “in that formal sense” had never been proposed - having earlier offered women’s health classes as an example of the kind of service that would be provided.
Mr. Cassidy made the point under cross-examination over the adequacy of the proposed car parking arrangements for the scheme. The mosque would have capacity for 248 prayer mats and associated worshippers, while there would be 150 car parking spaces.
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