Central Lancashire is an area of

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...

, England.

Central Lancashire New Town

Central Lancashire New Town 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, Fulwood, Leyland, Walton-le-Dale,

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 on the north, west and east sides. The district was created under the Local Government Act 1894. It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government A ...

.London Gazette. 14 April 1970. Its

Development Corporation Development corporations or development firms are organizations established by governments in several countries for the purpose of urban development. They often are responsible for the development of new suburban areas or the redevelopment of exi ...

, 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 making organisations that provide low-cost "social housing" for people in need of a home. Any budget surplus is used to maintain existing housing and to help fin ...

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. The population of the Borough at the 2011 census was 107,155. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Chorley. History The non-me ...

, referring to the area covered by the three districts.Preston, South Ribble, Chorley: Central Lancashire
, 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 t ...

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

Preston Built-up Area

Preston Urban Area within Central Lancashire

The

Office for National Statistics The Office for National Statistics (ONS; cy, Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament. Overview The ONS is responsible for t ...

gives the 2011 population of the Preston Built-up Area, covering Preston, Leyland, Chorley,

Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge is an urban 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". The population was 13,945 at ...

, Fulwood, Hutton, Longton, Adlington,

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

and

Euxton Euxton ( ) is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 9,993, however, the population is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to the incre ...

, 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
New towns in England Geography of Lancashire City of Preston, Lancashire Borough of Chorley South Ribble New towns started in the 1980s Urban areas of England {{Lancashire-geo-stub

Central Lancashire New Town

Central Lancashire planning area

Preston Built-up Area

See also

References

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