Call for sites reaches last week in Central Lancs

Airport consultancy York Aviation has made a number of recommendations for investment in infrastructure, operations and management of Blackpool Airport, with the return of commercial services to holiday destinations virtually ruled out.

Northern Trust and Closelink have appointed Savills to market the Whyndyke garden village site outside Blackpool, having this summer secured consent for 1,400 homes at the project.

The local authority has launched a market-sounding exercise as it seeks to bring developers and investors on board to deliver major employment sites within the Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone.

Cuadrilla has received hydraulic fracturing permission from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy for its second horizontal shale exploration well at Preston New Road, Lancashire.

As it nears agreement on deals to trigger Talbot Gateway's second phase, Blackpool Council has issued a timeline for delivery of its major projects, as it seeks to position the town as a multi-purpose destination.

Local authorities in Preston, South Ribble and Chorley have opened public consultation on a combined Central Lancashire Local Plan.

Burnley’s Local Plan has been officially adopted, setting in place context for development and economic growth for the period up to 2032.