137 new homes planned for land next to Broughton interchange between M6 and M55
According to plans lodged with Preston City Council, an "acoustic barrier" would be created to "mitigate noise" from the busy motorway routes for the new residents. Almost 140 new homes could be built alongside a major motorway junction in Preston after plans to redevelop a former farm were revealed. Wain Homes wants to create the estate on land adjacent to the Broughton interchange in Fulwood.
The 13-acre Boyes Farm plot is overlooked by the slip road that carries traffic from the northbound M6 - at junction 32 - onto the westbound M55, towards Blackpool. It also connects to the A6 Garstang Road.
According to plans lodged with Preston City Council, an "acoustic barrier" would be created to "mitigate noise" from the busy motorway routes for the new residents.
If the blueprint is approved, the site - currently thought to be operating as an equestrian centre - would accommodate up to 137 new properties. The proposal features two and three-bedroomed mews homes and three and four-bedroomed semi-detached and detached dwellings. Two apartment blocks - three-storeys tall - would also be built, with one and two-bed options.
The housebuilder says it would fulfil a local planning policy requirement for 30 percent - or 41 individual properties - to fall into the discounted 'affordable homes' category. The development would be accessed via an almost completed estate of 250 dwellings to the west and south of the site - via D'Urton Lane and Canon Close - being constructed by Laurus Homes. A planning statement from Wain Homes promises to deliver "a range of high-quality, high specification homes for the local community in a sustainable location".
It also pledges new landscaping and vegetation "to enhance and soften the development", along with new wildlife habitats. Existing trees are to be retained and added to, creating "an attractive tree-lined avenue" within the estate. "The application site comprises an unremarkable parcel of former farmland, now in equestrian use which lies in an accessible location, with good access to existing local amenities and facilities which are within walking and cycling distance of the site," the statement adds.
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