Final push for £70m Eden North funding ahead of budget 

Developers Nikal and Media Invest Entertainment aim to submit a planning application for the first phase of the leisure project in April. Proposals include a 1,300-space multistorey car park and a heritage quarter.

Land off Central Drive due to house future phases of Hollinwood Homes' £50m Foxhall Village could be redeveloped into community sports pitches by Blackpool Football Club to regenerate the Revoe area of the town. 

A student accommodation block, a supported living facility, and an extra care scheme are all proposed at the university's Bowerham Road campus in Lancaster.

Nikal’s £300m Blackpool Central leisure scheme, a link road at the town's airport enterprise zone and a community sports village in Revoe are among the projects earmarked to benefit from the £39.5m of Government funding.

Stanley Park golf course in Blackpool is to be reduced to nine holes in September from 18, as Holmes Investment Properties prepares to redevelop 39 acres into a £45m indoor adventure park. 

Asset manager Jesta Group wants to redevelop the 140,000 sq ft shopping centre, introducing around 130 affordable homes and scaling back retail, while retaining some commercial uses. 

National housebuilder Taylor Wimpey aims to build up to 700 residential units on 182 acres between the Lancaster Canal and The Bay Gateway.

The developer, part of Preston-based Eric Wright Group, has lodged revised plans for the mixed-use scheme in Burnley town centre due to market changes over the past year.

The council is to enter into a joint venture with the development arm of Eric Wright Group, that would see the acquisition and redevelopment of a key site within Blackburn’s town centre regeneration framework.