Kingmoor sells Leigh business park for housing

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.

Chorley-based investor Northern Trust has sold 16 acres of greenbelt land in Lancashire to the housebuilder for an undisclosed sum. 

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has submitted an application for a residential scheme off Cockerham Road in Lancashire, which would form part of a wider development of 260 homes in the area.

Acting on behalf of Taylor Wimpey, Avison Young has secured reserved matters consent for 426 homes and a new spine road in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley.

The council is expected to dispose of three plots of land totalling 35 acres to a joint venture between social housing provider Together Housing and house builder Countryside Homes when its executive committee meets on Thursday.

The final phase of a long-running redevelopment of the 45-acre former Bickershaw Colliery site in Leigh has been given the green light by planners. 

South Ribble Council is preparing to defend its rejection of a Wainhomes scheme in Whitestake in the High Court, a project which has proved significant after a planning inspector’s ruling overhauled how housing need was assessed across central Lancashire.

An update on Lancashire’s £430m City Deal, the county’s housing supply and the latest on Blackpool’s £1bn regeneration were on a wide-reaching agenda at Place North West’s Lancashire Development Update.