Central Lancashire is an area of

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, England.

Central Lancashire New Town

Central Lancashire

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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 Chorley Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to the Chorley Rural Sanitary District. It comprised a ...

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

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following tenant consultation and ballots.

Central Lancashire planning area

Since 2008, Central Lancashire is an area of joint

spatial 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.Preston, South Ribble, Chorley: Central Lancashire
, retrieved 13 November 2011 A joint

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was adopted in 2012. The officially estimated population in 2009 was 347,600.

Preston Built-up Area

Preston Urban Area within Central Lancashire

The

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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,

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, Longton, Adlington,

Grimsargh Grimsargh is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England. It's located approximately east of Preston. History The name Grimsargh is said to derive from an Old Norse name ''Grímr'' with Norse ''erg''. One reference ...

and

Euxton Euxton ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 9,993, but is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to housing developments in the village, including at Buckshaw. ...

, 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.

References

External links

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 New Town

Central Lancashire planning area

Preston Built-up Area

See also

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