River Properties pushes Lytham St Annes project forward
Plans submitted could see 302 homes, retirement and care provision, and community facilities brought to a site of close to 40 acres in the seaside Lancashire town.
The site proposed sits just outside the built-up area of the town off Lytham St Annes Way, the main road heading north-east towards the M55, and forms part of a wider growth push taking place around Heyhouses.
The site sits to the east of the Windmill Lodge care home site, and is bound to the north by Midgeland Road.
S&L Planning Consultants is working with the developer.
River’s intention is that 30% of the homes will be affordable housing of mixed tenure, together with 52 retirement living apartments and a residential care home.
Additional proposals include neighbourhood retail, other commercial space, and a mixed-use hub featuring a medium-sized food store, commercial space, two drive-thru restaurants and padel courts, creating new amenities for existing and future residents.
The development would also provide 6.4 acres of public open space, children’s play facilities, green corridors and biodiversity enhancement areas.
Agent Eckersley advised the landowner. The firm’s Andrew Taylorson said: “The proposals have been designed to complement the surrounding residential neighbourhoods while creating a distinctive, sustainable new community development with strong pedestrian and cycling connections.
“New homes would front key routes and existing open spaces, helping to create an attractive gateway into Lytham from the new highway infrastructure and promoting natural surveillance throughout the development.”
Graham Love of S&L added: “This proposal represents an opportunity to deliver a high-quality and sustainable extension to the existing community, providing much-needed homes, affordable housing and specialist accommodation alongside new amenities and leisure facilities.
“The scheme has been carefully designed to create a strong sense of place while responding positively to its surroundings. Extensive landscaping, public open space, and biodiversity enhancements will ensure that the development delivers environmental, social and economic benefits.”
Love added that if approved, the development would be delivered in phases. A new access into the site would be created from Lytham St Annes Way, together with associated infrastructure, landscaping, pedestrian routes and cycle connections.
Imagine if you designed this on New Urbanism principles – more (and even more mixed) housing, facilities fully integrated with residential and less dominance of roads.
By Rye
why do we need such large developments in such small villages. People would be less resistant if these were smaller schemes in proportion to the actual village size
By Jon P
Where will the schools, doctors surgeries and dentists be built to accommodate all these homes?
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@ July 28, 2026 at 8:34 am
By Jon P
Lytham St Annes (which consists of three civil parishes) is not a small village. It’s a resort of 43,000 apx.
By Rye
It is a very short sighted view to build on farmland in the north west when climate change will likely make the north and west the only area capable of sustainable farmland in the UK due to diminishing rainfall elsewhere. This is not an environmentally sustainable project in that we are losing farmland at a terrific rate and these housing estates would be better built on brown land or ex industrial areas. I cannot comprehend the mindset of planners who approve such short sighted plans. What about our grandchildren? There are plenty of empty homes that need renovating rather than such plans
By Anonymous
I presume there will be doctors, dentists, schools, play areas and shops built as well to accommodate the retirement property’s?
The land is well known for flooding, as well as a habitat for wildlife has all this been taken into account?
By Anon
To Anonymous. I completely agree. I also note, the biodiversity was a last, unexplained segment of the article. The wettest place in Northern uk bar the lakes and farmland is going to be affected. I bet the biodiversity at the new project, will be insufficient to be comparable to the wildlife corridors open land creates. Limited future vision in my opinion. Plus, how many actual st annes residents will benefit? Or will others pip the post? More control, less freedoms
By Jayne
Absolutely not . Another extension of Cyprus point
Is the last thing we need . Horrible
By Peter singleton
There is already too much new development in this area. The infrastructure can’t cope and the new facilities planned will not help. You’re slowly killing the place WHY?
By Pere
Sad day for our countryside. No development of school or GP services which are already stretched locally without the extra pressures. These should have been a stipulation of any planning.
By M Wilkin
This is the perfect site for a housing / commercial mix development with the new road infrastructure already in place. The land is grazed by sheep and is under utilised. It is always a net positive when the towns population expands with quality residents, which I am sure will be attracted to this area.
By Patrick Bell