Eden and Lancaster Uni strike partnership deal

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 University of Central Lancashire’s 80,000 sq ft facility in Preston, part of a £200m masterplan, is due to complete next year, now main contractor Bowmer + Kirkland has finished the steel frame. 

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 joint venture has been granted permission to build a 75,000 sq ft industrial unit as part of an 18-acre development known as East, off  the M6 north-east of Preston. 

Lancaster City Council has put in a bid for money from the Government’s £1bn Future High Streets Fund, focused on the regeneration of Morecambe town centre.

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 has created a 25-year vision for the Revoe area of Blackpool, to improve the neighbourhood and rejuvenate areas including Central Drive and Library Square. 

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.