Progress at last on a 'stalled' estate of almost 300 homes

A major housing development in South Ribble that was first mooted more than 15 years ago is finally set to get off the drawing board.

- by Paul Faulkner

More than 270 homes will be built across the sprawling Penwortham Mills site-bounded by Leyland Road, Factory Lane and The Cawsey-which was previously occupied by the Vernon Carus factory.

The plot-part of which became home to a new Lidl store back in February-has been eyed for a residential estate since the late 2000s, shortly after Vernon Carus relocated. Several proposals have been approved since then, but none has ever come to fruition-and the land has also changed hands on numerous occasions over the years.