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.
