Persimmon buys land for Darwen houses

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.

After a two-year wait for planning approval, Property Capital has acquired an 18-acre plot at the former Leyland Motors test track from joint landowners South Ribble Council and Pilgrim Technology.

Green Belt is one of the most politically emotive constraints to development, as the travails of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework have made very clear, writes Lucy Wallwork of LUC.

A revised, 167-home scheme in Westhoughton has been recommended for approval, 18 months after an initial application was refused.