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Central Lancashire is an area of
Preston, South Ribble, Chorley: Central Lancashire
, retrieved 13 November 2011 A joint
The
"Census 2001: Key Statistics for urban areas in the North"
''Office for National Statistics'', , Table KS01, p. 24. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
Central Lancashire New TownCentral Lancashire website
Planned communities in England Geography of Lancashire City of Preston, Lancashire Borough of Chorley South Ribble Planned communities established in the 1980s Urban areas of England {{Lancashire-geo-stub
Central Lancashire is an area of Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
, England.
Central Lancashire New Town
Central LancashireNew Town
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was the largest of the post-war English new towns, designated in 1970 and covering : the County Borough of Preston
Preston Municipal Borough, also known as the County Borough of Preston from 1889, was a local government district coterminate with the town of Preston in Lancashire, northwest England from 1836 to 1974.
Preston was one of only a few industri ...
, parts of Chorley
Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...
, Fulwood, Leyland, Walton-le-Dale
Walton-le-Dale is a large village in the borough of South Ribble, in Lancashire, England. It lies on the south bank of the River Ribble, opposite the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge. The population of the South Ribble Ward at the ...
, Chorley Rural District and Preston Rural District
Preston was a rural district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. It surrounded Preston, Lancashire, Preston to the north, west and east.
The district was created under the Local Government Act 1894. It was abolished in 1974 under the Lo ...
.London Gazette. 14 April 1970.
Its Development Corporation, abolished in 1986, pioneered shared ownership housing (as introduced by the Housing Act 1980) and also witnessed the first transfer of social housing stock to registered Housing Associations
In Ireland and the United Kingdom, housing associations are private, Non-profit organization, non-profit organisations that provide low-cost "Public housing in the United Kingdom, social housing" for people in need of a home. Any budget surpl ...
following tenant consultation and ballots.
Central Lancashire planning area
Since 2008, Central Lancashire is an area of jointspatial planning
Spatial planning mediates between the respective claims on space of the state, market, and community. In so doing, three different mechanisms of involving stakeholders, integrating sectoral policies and promoting development projects mark the th ...
covering the Lancashire districts of the City of Preston, the Borough of South Ribble and the Borough of Chorley
The Borough of Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It is named after the town of Chorley, which is an unparished area. The borough extends to several villages and hamlets including Adlington, B ...
, referring to the area covered by the three districts., retrieved 13 November 2011 A joint
Local Development Framework
A local development framework is the spatial planning strategy introduced in England and Wales by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and given detail in Planning Policy Statements 12. In most parts of the two countries, maintaining th ...
was adopted in 2012.
The officially estimated population in 2009 was 347,600.
Preston Built-up Area
The Office for National Statistics
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Overview
The ONS is responsible fo ...
gives the 2011 population of the Preston Built-up Area, covering Preston, Leyland, Chorley, Bamber Bridge
Bamber Bridge is a large village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". People who live in Bamber Bri ...
, Fulwood, Hutton, Longton, Adlington, Grimsargh and Euxton, as 313,322. This area replaced the 2001 definition of Preston Urban Area which then had a population of 264,601.(2004"Census 2001: Key Statistics for urban areas in the North"
''Office for National Statistics'', , Table KS01, p. 24. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
See also
*Sir Francis Pearson, former MP forClitheroe
Clitheroe () is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England; it is located north-west of Manchester. It is near the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for to ...
, was Chairman of the Central Lancashire New Town Development Corporation from 1971.
* South Lancashire
References
External links
Central Lancashire New Town
Planned communities in England Geography of Lancashire City of Preston, Lancashire Borough of Chorley South Ribble Planned communities established in the 1980s Urban areas of England {{Lancashire-geo-stub