Topping out for £35m Urban Hub

Three housing developments and two care-focused projects have been approved, although Wainhomes’ 81-home application in Broughton was refused in line with the officer recommendation.

Trustees of the Tom Barron Pension Scheme have appointed agents to sell a 111-acre plot in Lower Bartle with outline consent for 1,100 homes. 

The city council is to contribute £33m of the £40m required for the cinema and leisure scheme, to be delivered by Maple Grove Developments. 

The 425-apartment scheme off Moor Lane in Preston is branching out to include key workers as potential residents.

The city council refused to budge on farm owner Andy Bradshaw’s scheme, which sits on 15 acres of open countryside.

Barton Manor will be getting an additional 20,900 sq ft of floorspace designed by Liverpool-based Constructive Thinking.

Planning permission has been secured for a sixth form facility, to be known as the Lancaster University School of Mathematics, on the site of the Barry House office block.

Levity Crop Science is turning Crowhall Farm into its new home for developing smart fertilisers that improve global crop production and reduce waste.

Money from the £3.6bn government fund is meant to boost investment, encourage economic regeneration and provide vital infrastructure.