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Council chief feels 'deceived and betrayed' over scheme
Lancashire Evening Post
|November 28, 2025
A senior Preston politician says he feels betrayed after a major housing scheme in the city appears to have stalled.
An aerial view showing the proposed Horrocks Mill development
Onward Homes has applied to extend permission for a temporary car park on the Horrocks Mill site which is due to become hundreds of new social homes and apartments spanning a swathe of empty land between Queen Street and Church Street.
Preston City Council has committed to buying a number of the new social properties - as part of the Labour-controlled authority's aspiration to see more council-owned homes in the city again.
This story is from the November 28, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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