Plans to build the controversial Heysham M6 Link Road face yet another major hurdle following the publication of Government reports. Research for the Highways Agency casts major doubt on the […]
Greens welcome Centros plan rejection
North Lancashire Green Party has welcomed the rejection all the Centros planning applications for Lancaster’s Canal Corridor, describing it as “a very fine Christmas present.” As we reported yesterday, the […]
Injunction Brought Against Mitchell's Demolition
(Updated 8/12/09 to include Council statement): In a dramatic turn of events this morning the heritage group SAVE went to the High Court and obtained an injunction against the immediate […]
Consultation on Heysham 3 begins
Local consultations on a third nuclear power station at Heysham will take place later this month, after the Government announced Heysham is considered to be potentially suitable for a new […]
Could Bats Save The Brewery?
As concerns and protest mount at local company Mitchells intentions to level the old Brewery on Lancaster’s Brewery Lane, perhaps in the next two weeks (see news story), it’s just […]
Mitchells Brewery To Be Demolished?
virtual-lancaster has learnt that local company Mitchells has given notice to Lancaster City Council that it intends to demolish the old brewery off Lancaster’s Moor Lane. The company does not […]
New County Council, Same Old (Expensive) Road Plan…
When it comes to the proposed Heysham-M6 Lorry Link road and the new Lancashire County Council it seems it’s a matter of new dogs, same old tricks. Despite a dramatic […]
Co-Housing Public Meeting Announced
Lancaster Cohousing, who recently bought land in Halton to develop their project, will be holding a Public Meeting in August to publicise and discuss their new eco cohousing development. The […]
Road Campaigners Remount Campaign
With Lancashire County Council spending a fortune of taxpayers money promoting the latest stage of the proposed northern bypass in local papers this week, campaigners against the plans are urging […]
Centros Protesters due for Trial
Four members of Lancaster United, an opposition group to Centros’s now infamous canal corridor development, will begin their defence at Westminster Magistrates court on the 8th and 9th April. They […]