Environment

One of the access points to the new Lancashire Central development will be from the roundabout at the end of the M65, close to the DVSA enforcement check site (image: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard)

Scrapped IKEA store replaced with industrial, retail and leisure scheme

Some highlights from this week's planning portal.

8 Preston planning applications registered this week

Left: the fire in a metal storage skip at the Farington Waste Recovery Park

Batteries in bins caused 27 fires across Lancashire's waste facilities

Food waste in the UK is a huge issue. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Food waste in the UK is a huge issue

Prepare your soil

Going Green: Last chance to prepare soil before winter sets in

Fishergate Hill was closed after a mains pipe burst at the junction with Broadgate

Reopening date of Fishergate Hill confirmed after burst water main repaired

A full Beaver Moon rising over Rivington Pike (Photo taken by Lee Mansfield)

Photographer captures stunning picture of Beaver Moon rising over Rivington Pike

Encourage children to dispose of their litter correctly. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: It’s never too early to start litter picking

The nightingale is one of the birds which have increased. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Birds are so important to the UK environment

Inside the Backlot Cinema - this will be fitted with an IMAX screen and will be one of 9 screens in the new complex

9 pictures that show how Backlot Cinema is progressing on site

The land on Babylon Lane in Heath Charmock, where 40 homes could be built (image: Chorley Council)

Village housing and brass band building knocked back over sewage flood fears

The rural lanes of Penwortham could one day look very different

Fury as government approves 1,100 new homes - after councillors rejected them

The rural lanes of Penwortham could one day look very different

Fury as government approves 1,100 new homes - after councillors rejected them

A section of Fishergate Hill was closed as engineers repaired a burst water pipe, causing traffic to build on surrounding roads.

Burst water main emergency repairs shut section of Fishergate Hill

The amazing work of students at St John the Baptist RC Primary, Padiham, in making their school more environmentally friendly and raising eco awareness in fellow pupils, has been recognised by The Eco Schools programme which has given it a Green Flag award, an internationally recognised symbol of high environmental standards.

International recognition for pupils' efforts to go green

The proposed housing plot off Avice Pimblett Way is deemed to be an area of open countryside

Plans for Preston 'countryside' estate kicked out by city council
Embryonic plans to build a small housing estate in a rural part of Preston have fallen at the first hurdle - in spite of the wider area becoming rapidly more built up.

Make use of other ways of heating your home. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Making the most of every heat source

Take measures to help flooding. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Take preventative measures to help flooding

The site sits between Lindle Lane and the new Penwortham Bypass to the north.

Nine homes could be created in Green Belt by converting business units

How can Preston best help the planet? (image: Pixabay/National World)

Preston to form 'people's jury' to help decide how to tackle climate change

Two men were fined for fishing illegally during close season in the River Ribble (Credit: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard)

Two men from fined for fishing illegally during close season in River Ribble

Vegan diets also make a huge difference to biodiversity. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Vegan diets can help to benefit the planet

he Wilson's warbler is among the birds that will be renamed by the American Ornithological Society (Credit: VJAnderson/ CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

People react to plans to rename dozens of birds to break racism links

The site off Garstang Road where a developer wanted to build 51 new homes (image: Google)

'Cynical' Preston housing estate plans to be heard at public inquiry

How the lodges on Goosnargh Holiday Village will look (image: FWP Ltd., via Preston City Council planning portal)

Holiday village in the Preston countryside gets the green light

Winter Hill fire 2018.

This is what could land you a £1,000 fine on Lancashire's moorland

Potatos are processed at - and distributed from - a farm off Back Lane in Weeton with Preese. But could the road cope with the extra HGV traffic needed for a plant generating green energy? (images: Google/Pixabay)

Chips and mash factory’s ‘potato power’ plans put on the backburner
Plans to build a green energy plant alongside a potato processing factory in Fylde have been left to simmer by councillors who want to see the site for themselves before deciding whether to give the idea the go-ahead.

The site of the former garage on Bowerham Road in Lancaster has been derelict since 2012.

Plan for new student flats at garage gutted by fire over a decade ago

Neighbours living in Valley Gardens, Hapton, believe an application to construct an embedded waste fuel gasification incinerator by Enviro Fuel Ltd could impact a wider area of Burnley if given the go ahead.

Residents against incinerator plans close to their homes

The former nine-hole Goosnargh golf course has not seen play since the summer of 2019

Holiday village 'will ruin Preston countryside where deer roam', residents warn

Some residents have baulked at the idea of a new sports pavilion being built in the middle of Ashton Park

Football plans for a Preston park 'could be scaled back' over public opposition

Heat pump grants have been hiked up by 50%. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Lots to celebrate that will help the planet

Forest Green Rovers and Birmingham City. Getty Images

Going Green: Winners in sport and a more sustainable future

More than 90 homes in Kirkham were hit by a power cut (Credit: Aleksandr Popov)

More than 90 homes hit by power cut in Kirkham

This is where MET Office experts think rainfall will affect at lunchtime on Friday, October 20.

Storm Babet: Power cuts and travel disruption possible in Lancashire

If any trees lining Lancashire highways like Blackpool Road in Preston need to be removed, they will now be replaced - either in the same spot or another planted elsewhere (image: Google)

Council explains what it will do when roadside trees have to be chopped down

The drive has been ruined

Couple want £20,000 compensation after driveway is wrecked

A bowl of porridge is very healthy and has a really low carbon footprint. Photo: Adobe

Going Green:

Flood wall construction

£54.7m flood defence scheme: See how work is progressing

The energy scheme would transform the scene off the Lancashire coast.

Consultation over windfarm project off Lancashire coast

Some of the new applications registered near you.

South Ribble planning applications this week

Alfie Best, who owns Penwortham Residential Park

Twist as 'Gypsy billionaire' claims "great victory" in caravan park row

Exclusive 'Gypsy Billionaire' loses appeal over excavation work at Lancashire caravan park

These are some of the planning applications this week near you

New x-ray centre, college changes and church parking: applications near you

An emergency response plan must be produced for a new battery storage farm to be built alongside the M6 in Barton

Emergency plan demanded to protect M6 from Preston battery storage plant fire

John Griffiths claims that Ashton Park is under-used at the moment

‘Empty’ Preston park needs football revamp to revitalise it, junior coach claims

This natural phenomenon can be seen when there is lots of bioluminescence in the water, usually from an algae bloom of plankton which have the ability to emit light when disturbed by a predator or motion. (Picture by Lynn Redman)

Sea glows with rare neon blue waves

There is concern that artificial grass laid on the Tolkien Trail in Hurst Green could pollute the River Ribble

‘Environmental timebomb’ on the banks of the Ribble sparks pollution fears

Combustion engine cars would be banned by 2030 but it has been pushed back to 2035. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Government U-turns are going to cost us

Climate change from drought to green growth. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Lead by example to help climate change

Baking a gift for Christmas. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Money and time saving Christmas ideas for all

Jarang was born to mother Jingga (Credit: Alison Allen Photography/ Blackpool Zoo)

Blackpool Zoo's adorable baby orangutan officially named

While we know second hand is a great option, there’s also plenty that can be done when you buy new clothes to help the environment too. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Being fashionable as well as sustainable

The adorable chicks are wowing visitors and stealing the hearts of the staff at Martin Mere.

Three Chilean flamingo chicks hatch at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre

Piles of vegetation at the side of the lake

This is why pumps have been running at a popular beauty spot