City estate plan back on table - years after it was thrown out

A developer is trying to secure planning permission to build almost 100 homes near a Preston village – seven years after their first attempt was knocked back.

- by Paul Faulkner

Plans have once again been lodged with Preston City Council for a proposed estate on land off Garstang Road on the edge of Broughton.

The authority refused a previous blueprint submitted in 2018 by Gladman Developments to create up to 95 properties on the plot, south of the Broughton bypass.

Its previous application was rejected by the city council after it was judged it would lead to “an unplanned and inappropriate expansion of a rural village”, going against local planning policy.