Saturday 22 January 2011

Redevelopment site

The first thing people ought to get right is the location. Will the surveyors please clarify if the site is in St Annes or Blackpool?

This is quite vexatious for the resident of New Road to the north of this site which is, according to the Post Office, Rates Office and both councils, clearly in St Annes.

One better scheme for the site would be to transform it back into a nature reserve and use the concrete slab to the east as a possible housing estate. We could then move the airport to Freckleton as the Warton aircraft factory closes and invest the savings in a decent infrastructure of a truly modern tramway system in a loop from Preston via Freckleton, Lytham, Blackpool, Fleetwood, Thornton, Poulton and Kirkham.

Now that' a touch of forethought and pre-planning.

Plan for 350 homes in Blackpool

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AN ESTATE of almost 350 homes could be set to transform Blackpool’s former Pontins site if further development is given the go-ahead.

A spokesman for the company said: “Northern Trust has recently submitted an outline planning application for Phase II of the redevelopment of the former Pontins site at Blackpool. The 6.6 hectacre area includes proposal for 73 dwellings in a range of house styles from 2 to 5 bed family homes.

Read more at www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk

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