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. 

The city council is to grant permission for a 64-bedroom care home on the site of a former restaurant near the city's docks, while developer Wainhomes' leisure-led cluster of commercial buildings in Cottam is also poised for approval.

The Blackpool-based developer has partnered with property developer and manager Places for People to deliver 91 homes across two sites on the outskirts of the city.

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.

The developer has secured approval to develop 294 flats across four blocks in the city centre, as part of its strategy to deliver 1,500 homes in the UK by 2025.

Developer Pillars Holdings is seeking approval from the city council for a scheme comprising 294 apartments on land used as a car park on Avenham Lane. 

The overhaul of Preston’s grade one-listed museum, gallery and library has progressed, with the submission of a planning application for the project.