Housebuilders lodge plans for 50-acre Preston scheme 

The city council is to block proposals from four developers for schemes totalling 512 homes on land designated as open countryside near the villages of Goosnargh and Bilsborrow. 

Developer Heaton Group has reached the highest point of construction on Bishopsgate Gardens, a 130-apartment scheme in Preston city centre.

The developer has appointed Truman Design & Build as main contractor for Urban Hub, a 425-apartment student accommodation scheme on the UCLan campus.

Eden Grove Investment Properties' plan to convert listed buildings and introduce new houses at the historic Garstang Road site looks set to meet with disappointment at Preston’s planning committee next week.

Housebuilder Redrow is seeking full planning permission for its next chunk of development at Tabley Lane in Preston, a cluster of 36 homes within the wider 330-home development.

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.

Plans to redevelop a five-storey HM Revenue & Customs office in the city centre into 70 flats were given the green light on Wednesday.

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.

South Ribble Council is preparing to defend its rejection of a Wainhomes scheme in Whitestake in the High Court, a project which has proved significant after a planning inspector’s ruling overhauled how housing need was assessed across central Lancashire.