White Young Green (WYG) was commissioned by South Ribble Borough Council in August 2016 to undertake a Retail and Leisure Study for the Borough. This study is a stand-alone one within the Central Lancashire partnership as Preston and Chorley would later commission their own joint retail study in 2018, which can be found above.

Published: September 2017

White Young Green (WYG) was commissioned by Preston and Chorley Councils in 2018 to undertake a Retail and Leisure Study covering both administrative areas and the wider Central Lancashire Regio (A separate Retail and Leisure Study has already been prepared by WYG on behalf of South Ribble Council in 2017), this is the Chorley paper.

The paper includes the accompanying document Appendices to the Chorley Retail Study.

These appendices to the main document compromise:

• Appendix 1 - Study Area Plan (page 2)
• Appendix 2 - Experian Goad Classification of Retails and Service Uses (page 4)
• Appendix 3 - Chorley Town Centre Health Check (page 6)
• Appendix 4 - Chorley Town Centre Diversity of Use, Vacancy and Boundary Plans (page 20)
• Appendix 5 - District and Local Centre Health Checks (page 24)
• Appendix 6 – District and Local Centre Diversity of Use Plans (page 104)
• Appendix 7 – Household Survey Questionnaire and Results (page 134)
• Appendix 8 – Quantitative Assessment (page 452)
• Appendix 9 – Gap Analysis Plans of Chorley (page 506)

Published: February 2019

White Young Green was commissioned by Preston and Chorley Councils in 2018 to undertake a Retail and Leisure Study covering the Central Lancashire Region. A separate Retail and Leisure Study has already been prepared on behalf of South Ribble Council in 2017.

The Study acts as an evidence base to assist in the formulation of future development plan policy within the new Central Lancashire Local Plan.

The paper includes the accompanying document: Appendices to the Preston Retail Study

Published: Summer 2019

The Lancashire Independent Economic Review (IER) is led and funded by Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Blackpool Council and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership on behalf of Lancashire Leaders.
Published: By Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, December 2021.

The Central Lancashire Employment Land Study (July 2022) This report provides an Employment Land Study for the Central Lancashire. The study was commissioned to provide an up to date and proportionate ‘Update’ of the Central Lancashire Employment Land Study, produced in 2017 by BE Group. The Employment Land Study Update aims to support the emerging Central Lancashire Local Plan and consider the Covid 19 Pandemic, changes in national planning policy, Brexit, and their impact on the local and sub-regional economies. In detail, the Study aims to:

• Review updated national, county, sub-regional and local guidance, with a focus on where key guidance has changed since 2017
• Consider the available socio-economic data, at the UK, regional, county, sub-regional and local level, which has been updated since 2017 and particularly which illustrate the impact of Covid-19 on the local/sub-regional land and property market so far and what the longer term impacts may be
• Provide an updated high level understanding of the local/sub-regional property market in the rapidly changing conditions
• Update the Functional Economic Market Area Analysis through email contacts with adjoining local authorities.
• Undertake a high level review of the Central Lancashire employment land supply
• Provide updated employment land forecasting, including modelling of jobs growth which, as much as possible, takes into account the changing circumstances of 2020/2021
• In light of the above, provide a review of the Conclusions and Recommendations of the 2017 Study and identify the scale, location and type of demand for employment land and property in Central Lancashire over the study period.

The evidence will be used to support the development of Local Plan documents for Central Lancashire. It meets the requirement, set out in paragraph 158 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

Published: February 2022

This report provides a partially updated Employment Land Study for the Central Lancashire sub-region and its component local authority areas of Preston, Chorley and
South Ribble. The study was provided an update of the Central Lancashire Employment Land Study (ELS), produced in 2022 by BE Group. It reviews the potential future employment land supply of the three local authorities, in the light of changing market conditions. It also provides a revised and updated Objectively Assessed Needs (OAN) exercise to reflect a different forecast period for the emerging Central Lancashire Local Plan (CLLP), 2023-2041, changing macro-economic conditions, updated forecast methodologies and the latest population projections for Central Lancashire.

This document includes a number of appendices as listed below

• ER06b Executive Summary
• ER06c Appendix 1 List of Consultees
• ER06d Appendix 2 Forecast Working
• ER06e Appendix 3 Site Scoring System
• ER06f Appendix 4 Site Scoring Analysis

Published: February 2025

This Study forms a key part of the evidence base and to inform policies and strategies to be included within the Strategic Plan. The Study focuses on strategic policy issues affecting the Central Lancashire centres and seeks to establish recommendations which can be used to address the identified trends, in order to protect the long-term vitality and viability of the centres.

• ER07b Appendix 1 - Preston, Chorley and Leyland Healthchecks
• ER07c Appendix 2 - District and Local Centre Matrix
• ER07d Appendix 3 - Floorspace Breakdown
• ER07e Appendix 4 - Hot Food Takeaways
• ER07f Appendix 5 - Hot Food Takeaways Plans
• ER07g Appendix 6  - Centre Boundaries
• ER07h Appendix 7 - Preston Potential Local Centres Healthchecks Matrix

Published: February 2025

The Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal agreed with government builds on the strong economic performance of the area over the last ten years and will help to ensure that the City Deal area continues to grow by addressing strategic transport infrastructure and development challenges to deliver new jobs and housing across the City Deal area.