Plans by Lancashire County Council to create 15 new children’s homes were prompted by the emergence of a “voracious” market for private placements that does not best serve the interests […]

The leader of Chorley Council has appealed to the government to recognise that the borough does not have the space to build “another Buckshaw Village” – and remove the authority […]

A pensioner from Walton-le-Dale says the kindness of strangers has spared her having to move house after a giant sinkhole opened up in her back garden. As the Local Democracy […]

A former children’s orphanage is to see new flats and houses built on part of its site in Fulwood. Harris Park Orphanage, which was opened in 1888, was given planning […]

A proposed housing development in the Preston countryside has been given the go-ahead – at the third time of asking. Preston City Council had twice refused a bid by Hollins […]

Lancashire County Council looks set to double the number of children’s homes it runs in a move the authority claims will improve the lives of young people in its care […]

New bungalows that were due to be reserved for the over-55s when they are built on the outskirts of Preston could be made available to people of all ages – […]

An estate of affordable homes has been given the go-ahead in suburban Preston – amid a warning that there will be no local school places available for any of the […]