Central Lancashire City Sub Regional Strategy Draft Report March 2006 Reference: P:\PDR\WP04000\Current Jobs\South Ribble\South Ribble\Reports\Draft Final Report\13-09-05-ij(strategy draft v1.2).doc Contact: Iain Jenkinson Tel: 0161 956 4016 Email:
[email protected] www.gvagrimley.co.uk +44 (0) 870 900 89 90 The Core Central Lancashire Sub Regional Strategy Contents 1 Introduction 2 2 Characteristics of the Core Area 7 3 The Spatial Strategy 15 4 Sustainable Communities 27 5 Effective Delivery 33 April 2006 The Core Central Lancashire Sub Regional Strategy 1 Introduction Spatial Strategy, Regional Economic Housing Strategy, Local Development Strategy, the Northern Way Growth Frameworks and Local Economic 1.1 The Central Lancashire City Sub Strategies. Regional Strategy (hereafter, the Sub- Regional Strategy, or Strategy) has 1.4 The Strategy is also being prepared in been commissioned by a Partner response to the First Detailed Group comprising Preston City Proposals for a Central Lancashire Council, South Ribble Borough Council Sub-regional Strategy prepared by the and Chorley Borough Council. Joint-Lancashire Structure Plan authorities of Lancashire County 1.2 The Strategy covers the geographical Council, Blackburn-with-Darwen area of Preston, east Fylde, South Borough Council and Blackpool Ribble and Chorley (see figure 1), but Borough Council. It is the view of the it also takes account of impacts across Core area authorities that the First a wider area of influence (including Detailed Proposals do not adequately Blackpool and East Lancashire). The address the key issues facing the sub- intention is that the benefits of this region or the potential for economic Strategy City Region Development strategy can be shared across the growth that clearly exists that would Programme (NWGS CRDP), Regional whole of the Central Lancashire City have a positive impact across the Region.