'This is a battle for the English countryside': Long-serving MP condemns Cuerdale Garden Village plan for 1,300 homes on South Ribble greenbelt
Part of the sprawling 164-hectare plot in Samlesbury being eyed for a garden village, much of the first phase of which would lie to the south of the A59, Preston New Road
Story Homes’ planning application acknowledges that most of the proposed site of the garden village - which the firm says would support 3,100 jobs and give a £277m boost to the local economy - is currently agricultural land, encompassing Walmsley Fold Farm and Court Lodge Farm. “But there is the mowing of it, the mole-catching, hedge cutting, re-seeding [and] ploughing - all done at different stages of the year [when] that field would be like a hive of enterprise,” Cllr Young said.
“The site for Cuerdale Garden Village has been chosen because of the uniquely sustainable location for strategic growth aligned to the £4.5billion Government investment into the National Cyber Force [centre].
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