Preston approves 104 homes, rejects 125
It was a mixed bag for developers at the Lancashire authority’s latest planning committee meeting, with Wain Homes emerging victorious with its residential plans for land at Cardwell Farm, while Gladman Development’s pitch for a neighbourhood off Churchgate in Goosnargh was shot down.
Preston Council’s planning committee met on Thursday to debate the schemes. The decisions were made in line with officer recommendation.
Land at Cardwell Farm
- Application reference number 06/2025/0314
Wain Homes was successful in its application to build 104 homes and a community building on 23 acres off Garstang Road in Barton.
The plans consist of 68 market homes and 36 affordable.
Of the market homes, 62 would be detached and six would be semi-detached. The houses would have between three and five bedrooms, with 13 different house types utilised. Each would have its own garage.
The affordable residences would consist of two-bedroom apartments, two- to three-bedroom terraced homes, and three-bed semi-detached houses. There would be four different house types used. Parking for these homes would be a mix of off-street frontage, side parking, and, for the apartments, a car park.
Under designs by MCK Associates, the project would also consist of a community building on the eastern boundary of the site. This would house a multi-use activity hall, meeting rooms, a kitchen, changing rooms, and toilets.
The scheme represents the second and final phase of Wain Homes’ Barton plans. The first, comprising 47 homes, is already on site.
In addition to MCK Associates, the project team includes Emery Planning, Hepworth Acoustics, SCP, TBA, and Iain Tavendale.
Land off Churchgate
- Application reference number 06/2025/0647
Gladman Developments will have to go back to the drawing board regarding what to do with 19 acres in the open countryside in Goosnargh.
The developer had hoped to build up to 125 homes on the land, including 42 affordable ones. However, the site’s countryside location proved to be its undoing – which is proving to be a historical difficulty.
That’s because the site was the subject of an appeal in 2021 – an appeal that the council won, stating that the housing provision did not justify the development of countryside.
The proposal before councillors on Thursday offered less amenity than the one before, which had included allotments and a financial contribution for public transport.
In the end, the application was rejected due to its location in open countryside and an insufficient provision of information to assess impact on highway safety.
The project team consists of Randall Thorp, Eddisons, Pegasus, LDE, and E3P.
We moved to Garstang 5 years ago, having had a caravan for the last 24 years, we felt we good relate to the area, for being quite a peaceful, after living in Manchester for 72 years. It is the biggest mistake we have made. We have not yet driven along the A6 in this 5 years, without having to encounter constant road works due to new housing developments. Unfortunately we are now in a position that we are unable to afford to return to the outskirts of Manchester. Resulting in each day we live here we are so depressed thinking that we will have to live out the rest of our years here. Our ages are 78 years and 77 years.
By Mrs Carole Guest
More road works and traffic lights….great!
Try repairing roads
By Anonymous
I’m glad these big developments get rejected…let’s preserve our countryside.. England’s green and pleasant land, because if we don’t we will just have depressing concrete jungles, will be all too late then 😔
By Anonymous
The A6 corridor north of Preston used to be a desirable area, with individual houses and low density. Now it’s just full of average new-builds, barely any design innovation, just volume. The traffic situation there is shocking, and has so prospect of ever improving. The lack of facilities such as schools or shops is also disappointing. Sad.
By Black Rose
Delighted it has been turned down in Goosnargh. Barton,Woodplumpton Cottam and Higher and Lower Bartle have been ruined with overdevelopment.
By Anonymous
Don’t build homes on green belt
By Anonymous