Members of Preston City Council’s planning committee have given the go-ahead to a scheme which will see a 19-storey apartment block built on disused shops and a car park at the junction of Church Street and Manchester Road. A total of 280 flats will be developed across the both the skyscraper – which also has an adjoining four-storey element – and a separate 11-floor tower on the same plot.
The adjoining four-storey block overlooking Church Street will house three commercial units on the ground floor, along with 18 one-bed and six two-bed flats. The separate 11-storey block will look out onto Shepherd Street, containing 70 single-bed flats and 10 two-bed apartments. Committee member Sara Holmes welcomed the inclusion of 159 bicycle storage spaces within the development, but questioned why a space had not been provided for each dwelling.