Consultation starts for 250-home Longridge Sports Village
Steel Work Construction has proposed an all-affordable neighbourhood alongside improved sports facilities on a plot straddling the home ground of Longridge Town FC.
The entirety of the 250-home Longridge Sports Village would be managed by Preston-based Community Gateway Association.
A range of affordable house types would be provided for the diverse needs of the local Longridge community, including for first-time buyers, retirement living, and downsizers.
A full-sized floodlight football pitch for matches and training alongside two smaller seven-a-side pitches for Longridge Town FC Juniors. The smaller pitches would also be for casual play.
Padel courts, covered cricket nets, and an improved gymnastics facility would also be built.
- View the consultation website
A park run route around the sports village would top off the publicly available facilities. A cricket pitch already exists to the east of the site.
Consultation has begun and will run until 7 October. After this, a planning application is to be put to Preston City Council to rule on.
Longridge Sports Village is accessed via Chipping Lane and off Inglewhite Road, which runs west out of the town. It is currently home to the town’s football team and cricket club.
Additional car parking for the sports facilities will be sufficient for the increased demand on Longridge Town FC matchdays. The scheme will ensure residents do not have to park off-site.
Whilst not against anything that benefits and improves an area, some points I note:
1. This needs a longer consultation period than 4 days, 2 of which run over the weekend.
2. Who has been notified of the consultation and how?
3. As the benefits mentioned refer to the Longridge people and the current facilities to be embodied, I think I am right in saying are in Longridge, under the Ribble Valley BC. Has there already been a consultation between RVBC and Preston Council, who will be responsible for the Planning Application?
4. How does Social Housing, Downsizing and Accommodation for the Elderly sit together and with a Sports Village, which does not appear to have anything that benefits the more elderly that you mention in your points for the development.
These are just some of the points that I would raise questions on, having come across the mention of this consultation, purely by accident.
By Julie McCaughey
…more padel courts.. what is this new thing about.. has tennis died off?
By Anonymous
I’m not sure that the sports facilities are compatible with retirement and downsizing homes. More green space and less building would be better. Also, would all new homes have solar energy as standard?
By Anonymous
@October 05, 2025 at 10:43 pm
By Anonymous
These things are not mutually exclusive; first time buyer houses are also mentioned. Developments work best when they cater for a mix of ages and needs.
By Rue
Maybe 50 affordable homes or bungalows but no more the surrounding infrastructure is struggling to cope with recent housing development.
By Anonymous