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Former Friargate jewellery shop set for takeaway conversion

David Jones jewellers on Friargate A former jewellery shop in Preston whose owner traded in the city for almost half a century could be turned into a takeaway. Plans have been submitted for the conversion […]

3 days ago
Plans for new shisha lounge on Fylde Road given approval

Image: Studio John Bridge, via Preston City Council planning portal Preston is to get a new shisha lounge after plans for the venue were given the green light. It will open in a vacant retail unit on Fylde Road – […]

4 days ago
Tackling illegal motorbike riding around Tanterton Village Green

Tanterton Village Green Plans are afoot to try to drive out illegal motorbike-riding in a Preston suburb. Security measures are set to be put in place around Tanterton Village Green, whose two football […]

4 days ago
Cricket to return to Moor Park a year after night-time vandalism ripped up wickets

Damage at Moor Park in 2024 Cricket is to make a return to Preston’s Moor Park later this summer – a year after vandals stopped play. The two wickets at the site were ripped up in […]

5 days ago
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St. Walburge’s Church set to have original design aspects reinstated

Some of the tiling that will be replicated in the area revealed when the nave altar is removed (image: Kepczyk Pearce Sanderson, via Preston City Council) A historic Preston church is to be remodelled in order to reinstate aspects of its original design that were undone by an overhaul more than 50 years ago. St. Walburge’s […]

1 week ago
Church Street pub plans abandoned because nobody wanted to open

The site at Church Street. Credit: Blog Preston Part of a renovated building in Preston city centre is set to be converted into a takeaway and shop – after a plan to reopen it as a pub was […]

1 week ago
Council tax in Preston, South Ribble and Chorley: Where it goes, how much it costs and how it works for 2025/26

County Hall in Preston. Pic: Blog Preston With the new council tax year having started this week, residents across Central Lancashire are facing the maximum permitted hikes in their bills across all the main local authorities that […]

2 weeks ago
Around 100 new homes set for new estate on Broughton countryside

Norshaw Crescent, Broughton A bid to build 100 homes in the Preston countryside should be given the green light – because the site is already surrounded by new housing. That is the argument […]

2 weeks ago
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