Aldi to build bigger at Deepdale Shopping Park
The discount supermarket chain has won approval to knock down its existing store at the retail park off Blackpool Road in Preston, to make way for a larger, more modern shop.
Crossfield starts on Cardinal Newman T-level block
Liverpool contractor Crossfield Construction has begun work on a £2.6m project at the Preston college, to create dedicated space for students on the newly introduced technical-based courses.
Preston approves pair of apartment blocks
The two city centre residential schemes, one at Preston Docks and another on the site of a former sports hall on Garden Street, will together provide 87 apartments once complete.
UcLan’s £60m student centre tops out
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.
Preston moves forward with 61-acre city masterplan
Preston City Council has approved the adoption of the Stoneygate masterplan, and is targeting the delivery of 1,600 homes across 61 acres in the city as part of a 15-year regeneration plan.
Designs revealed for listed Preston Harris
Preston City Council and Buttress Architects have released concept designs for the £10m overhaul of the Harris Museum on Market Square.
Preston office-to-resi scheme approved
Plans to redevelop a five-storey HM Revenue & Customs office in the city centre into 70 flats were given the green light on Wednesday.
Preston North End gains consent for training ground improvements
The football club has been given the go-ahead for work at its Dodney Drive training ground in Lea, providing an interim solution for players who still have "a number of years" to wait for a replacement facility to be built at Ingol Golf Course.
Sloping Preston tower block approved
The council has granted planning consent to a sloped 21-storey residential block containing 80 apartments in the city centre, and a redevelopment of a derelict former orphanage.
Consent nears for pair of Preston apartment proposals
A sloped 21-storey residential scheme reminiscent of Manchester's Urbis, and a redevelopment of a listed site criticised for its "violently different" architecture, are due to be approved in Preston.
