
Countryside successful in Burnley after plans tweaked
Plans for 117 homes across 12 acres in Briercliffe, north-east of Burnley town centre, have been approved after the developer scaled back its proposal following refusal last November.
Plans for 117 homes across 12 acres in Briercliffe, north-east of Burnley town centre, have been approved after the developer scaled back its proposal following refusal last November.
The housebuilder’s plans for 200 homes across 34 acres off Lower Burgh Way, south of Chorley, were turned down by the council over a lack of affordable housing.
The Peel L&P-subsidiary housebuilder has been given the go-ahead to build 239 family and energy-efficient homes in Lancashire.
Preston City Council is set to approve the final draft of the Stoneygate masterplan today, which would deliver 1,600 homes across 61 acres in the city as part of a 15-year regeneration plan.
The city council wants to deliver 13,000 homes over the next 15 years, including the first 1,200 at Bailrigg Garden Village and a further 1,000 homes at Cuckoo Farm between Ridge Lea and Lancaster Farms Prison.
The council is expected to approve two residential developments this week, the latest phase of Kingswood Homes’ Green Hills neighbourhood south-west of Blackburn, and Landway Properties’ scheme off Ramsgreave Drive, north of the town centre.
Carlisle-based Kingmoor Park Properties has sold the 12-acre Bridgewater Business Park to a development consortium that plans to build 230 affordable homes north of the site.
A residential project that has already been approved twice by Wyre Council’s planning committee has again been successful at its third hearing, securing consent for 270 homes in Garstang.
Monaco Nell Lane, a company headed up by local businessman Kai Chu Wong, has submitted an application for a 115-home development next to Campbells Park Homes caravan park in Chorley.
Chorley-based investor Northern Trust has sold 16 acres of greenbelt land in Lancashire to the housebuilder for an undisclosed sum.