Preston City Council has given its backing to proposals to build around 1,100 new homes on a 46ha site near the village of Higher Bartle.

The authority’s planning committee granted outline planning permission for the homes and full consent for a new access roundabout on the Preston Western Distributor Road at its meeting on Thursday last week.

Robertson Strategic Asset Management, which is promoting the scheme on behalf of landowner Tom Barron Pension Fund, said several housebuilders had already expressed interest in the development, which will be known as Bartle Village.

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