Cottam Parkway station will serve the burgeoning housing developments in and around North West Preston
A brand new railway station for suburban Preston is finally visible on the horizon after long-mooted plans were given the green light.
After the question of ticket-buying facilities at Cottam Parkway was brought up at the committee meeting, County Hall senior planner Helen Ashworth said that the matter was “outside of our hands” – and could not be mandated by the authority. An entrance will also be created from Lea Road to the east, but that route will be reserved for pedestrians, buses and emergency vehicles – and will also act as a secondary means of escape in the event of a need to evacuate.
Committee members were also told that an entirely new planning application would have to be lodge should a three-year deadline ultimately fail to be met. The plans for Cottam Parkway date back a decade, but it was only after Lancashire scooped £22.3m from the government’s Transforming Cities Fund in 2019 that the prospect became more concrete. The Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal has contributed a further £2.1m towards the cost.
“Rebuilding this loop line using the additional spare bridge would future proof the Blackpool to Preston route by increasing the line’s capacity, allowing express trains to pass stopping trains at this point,” the consultation responder said. However, a question mark hangs over the number of electric charging points that are to be installed. A condition of the planning permission requires the details to be approved by Lancashire County Council, in its planning authority capacity, before the development is brought into operation.
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