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A project that will see the grade one-listed museum, gallery and library in Preston’s Market Square refurbished and reimagined can begin this autumn after the city council’s £4.5m bid to the National Lottery Fund was approved. 

The revamp of the grade one-listed museum, gallery and library in Preston's Market Square won planning approval yesterday, as the city council awaits the outcome of its £4.5m bid to the National Lottery Fund to support the scheme. 

Eden Grove Investment Properties' plan to convert listed buildings and introduce new houses at the historic Garstang Road site looks set to meet with disappointment at Preston’s planning committee next week.

This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.

Preston City Council has launched a consultation as it awaits the outcome of a Lottery funding bid to improve facilities at the city’s combined museum, gallery and library, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

Cuadrilla has finished drilling the second horizontal shale gas well at its exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire.

Preston's Winckley Square Gardens have been officially reopened to the public today following a £1.2m Heritage Lottery Fund-supported restoration.

Specialist metalwork contractor FPE Global has been awarded the contract by Preston City Council to restore the 1875 Market canopy as part of the wider £50m Markets Quarter retail project by Muse Developments.