Story consults on Barton greenfield plot

An application that includes full consent for a first housing phase of 197 homes at the former Leyland Trucks testing track has been recommended for refusal, with the volume of affordable housing the main sticking point.

An outline application for up to 95 homes for a site alongside the Broughton Bypass is set to win backing from Preston Council’s planning committee when it meets next week, despite objections to the scheme from the area's MP.

Applethwaite Homes is set to build 30 homes in Feniscliffe after winning a role as Blackburn with Darwen Council’s preferred partner for the three-acre plot ahead of nine other bidders.

Build-to-rent developer Placefirst is set to launch 59 homes at West End Two, the second phase of its £10m redevelopment of empty buildings in Morecambe.

Chorley-based Anwyl Homes Lancashire has added to its management team with the appointment of Andrew Morgan as head of land.

Proposals by Hurstwood to build nearly 250 houses on the Lune Industrial Estate have been dealt a blow after Lancaster City Council planning officers recommended the scheme for refusal, nearly three years after plans were submitted.

Development of a 21-acre greenfield site in Goosnargh, Lancashire, is set to begin after Preston City Council’s planning committee voted 10-to-two to allow a 140-home scheme to go ahead.

Pringle Homes has been given the go-ahead for a 42-property development off Longsight Road in Langho in an updated planning permission after the developer argued previous proposals for the site were not deliverable.

Proposals by Laurus Homes for the first 120-home phase of a housing development in Skelmersdale, including 36 affordable homes, have secured reserved matters approval from West Lancashire Council.