Redevelopment

The artists impression shows the student halls and potential retail units superimposed on to Friargate

Changing face of Friargate: Hundreds of new student flats and new shops plan for city street

This is how the corner of Friargate and Great Shaw Street could look if a new block of student flats gets the go ahead. Portergate Properties have put forward plans to convert two retail units and a swathe of abandoned land on Great Shaw Street into the Friargate Court development. Up to 261 student rooms would be created and two large retail units would sit [...]

63 days ago by cottam-hall630

Nearly 100 new homes could be built at Cottam Hall as ‘masterplan’ continues

Plans to build nearly 100 new homes on greenfield land in Cottam have been tabled. Developers Barratt Homes want to turn nearly three hectares of land into homes at the Cottam Hall site. The area to the south of Cottam Way and west of Canberra Lane has been prioritised for development since the early 1980s. Currently it is grassland fields and used for the grazing [...]

63 days ago by ashton

Preston road junction rebuilt

Road improvements at the junction of Powis Road with Tulketh Road and Egerton Road have been completed. The three road junction in Ashton-on-Ribble, said be an accident black-spot, has had residents worried for some time about the lack of action taken by Lancashire County Council in coming up with a solution to a traffic problem. Tulketh Councillor Elizabeth Atkins raised the issue with LCC and suggested a [...]

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An artists impression of how Fishergate could look in the future

Fishergate changes: High Street shop to become information centre

A high street shop will be turned into an information centre about proposed changes to Fishergate. The go ahead has been given for a multi-million pound scheme to revamp the main shopping street in the city. Formerly the Supercuts shop will be taken over by Preston City Council and Lancashire County Council to give residents a chance to find out what the project dubbed Fishergate [...]

70 days ago by Grand Central train on the North East route

Preston Lib Dem Cllr criticises West Coast Main Line franchise fiasco

West Coast Main Line franchise fiasco affects Development in Preston. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee warned that the West Coast Main Line franchise ‘mess up’ is likely to cost taxpayers at least £50m. Margaret Hodge, chair of the committee, said the cost to the taxpayer of the aborted competition would be very much larger than the £50m so far admitted by the government. [...]

80 days ago by The competition wants to see new uses suggested for abandoned buildings in the city

Forgotten Spaces: Competition to bring life to Preston’s empty spaces

A competition to suggest uses for Preston’s forgotten spaces launches this week. Designers and architects are invited to submit their ideas for abandoned buildings, dead space under a motorway flyover or a patch of unused land, to be brought back into use for the public. A list of spaces will also be put forward by the planning department at Preston City Council. Councillor Peter Rankin, [...]

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