The leader of Preston City Council, Matthew Brown, proposes expanding Preston's city limits to include parts of South Ribble, Wyre, and Ribble Valley. This move aims to create a more cohesive economic area and would increase Preston's population by around 89,000 residents. The proposal comes amidst other local authority reconfiguration plans in Lancashire.
Preston should be expanded to include parts of South Ribble , Wyre and Ribble Valley – creating a new ‘Greater Preston ’ council area. That is the pitch the leader of Preston City Council has made to the government amidst a flurry of proposals from Lancashire politicians about how the county’s local authority map should be redrawn.
The slew of suggestions for changes to council boundaries was sparked by a call made by the majority of Lancashire’s Labour MPs last month for a radical overhaul that would see the number of local authorities in the county slashed from 15 to just three or four – and the creation of an elected Lancashire mayor.
"It takes us to a population of around 250,000 – and we feel that’s getting to a potential level…the government might accept." The LDRS understands that that option is one put forward by the South Ribble and Chorley leaders, as part of their explanation for how mergers elsewhere in the county could accommodate their own suggested union with West Lancashire.
The document notes that the city is a “net importer of jobs” and “the most significant commuter destination” in the county, according to the Lancashire Independent Economic Review. Preston is also revealed to have the largest geographical “travel-to-work” area in Lancashire – a measure of how many people live and work in the same locality.
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