Cottam residents have been left feeling like they were “not listened to” after plans for a neighbourhood centre in the area were given the green light - in the face of dozens of objections.
The proposed three-storey block off Haydocks Lane - which is to include four shop units and up to nine flats across the two floors above - was first considered by Preston City Council’s planning committee in August. The level of opposition it generated persuaded councillors to defer their decision until they had gone to see the site for themselves, after hearing a raft of concerns about the planned building being too high.
The committee has granted outline permission for the scheme, meaning that the details will have to be brought back to them for consideration at a later date - but the parameters are now set. Responding to the criticism of the decision, Chris Hayward, Preston City Council’s director of development and housing, said that “all representations were carefully considered and the planning issues raised were taken into account by the planning committee”.
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