Planners' advice forces rethink of rooftop bar plan

Plans to create an open-air terrace bar on the roof of a onetime Preston pub are being redesigned amid concern over the scale of the scheme, the Lancashire Post can reveal.

- by Paul Faulkner

A blueprint for the redevelopment - and extension - of the former Neptune, at the junction of Marsh Lane and Strand Road, was lodged with Preston City Council in June.

The proposal involved the conversion of the rest of the building, now known as Neptune House, into what was described as a “high-end”, 20-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO).