Wyre lodges £40m sea defence plans  

Outline plans have been submitted for a Center Parcs-style destination including 450 lodges, a hotel and market at Ellel.

The city council, alongside Lancashire County Council, has requested £4.5m of National Lottery funding to deliver improvements to the grade one-listed Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library in Market Square. 

The planning application for the £85m Eden Project North in Morecambe is now likely to appear at the end of this year or early 2021, after its delivery company initially targeted a submission this spring.

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.

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

Over 500 people responded to South Ribble's consultation, calling for the grade two-listed Worden Hall to become a venue for community use.

Veolia is set to secure the support of Lancashire County Council to build an energy-from-waste  plant in Heysham on a site that has been promoted for development for more than a decade.

Flood defences schemes in Preston, Kendal, Egremont, and Flimby have secured part of a £60m Government funding pot.

A contractor has been appointed to carry out the next phase of restoration work at the Mount pavilion in Fleetwood.