Central Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°42′36″N 2°38′35″W / 53.710°N 2.643°W
Central Lancashire is a designated new town in England. The designated area covers the towns of Preston, Leyland (in South Ribble) and Chorley (in the borough of Chorley). It was designated a new town by the Secretary of State for the Environment on 26 March 1970, the last designation to be made.
The largest of the English new towns, Central Lancashire New Town covers 35,255 acres (143 km2), the entirety of the county borough of Preston, parts of Chorley, Fulwood, Leyland and Walton-le-Dale, and also parts of Chorley Rural District and Preston Rural District.[1].
Central Lancashire New Town pioneered the use of Shared Ownership (a new form of Property ownership introduced by the Housing Act 1980) and also witnessed the first transfer of social housing stock to registered Housing Associations following tenant consultation and ballots.
The three local government district councils for the City of Preston, the Borough of South Ribble and the Borough of Chorley have adopted the name "Central Lancashire" to refer the entirety of all three districts.[2] The British Office for National Statistics gives a figure for the Preston Urban Area, covering Preston, Leyland, Chorley, Euxton and Wymott Prison, of 264,601.[3]
[edit] See also
- Sir Francis Pearson, former MP for Clitheroe, was Chairman of the Central Lancashire New Town Development Corporation from 1971.
[edit] References
- ^ London Gazette. 14 April 1970.
- ^ Preston, South Ribble, Chorley: Central Lancashire, retrieved 13 November 2011
- ^ (2004) “Census 2001: Key Statistics for urban areas in the North“, Office for National Statistics, ISBN 0 11 621744 8 , Table KS01, p.24. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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