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Riding hot on the heels of Tithebarn:
Today the Lancashire Evening Post can reveal proposals for the huge regeneration plan for a run-down part of the city centre.
Shops, a hotel, offices and almost 300 apartments could form the hub of the proposed Horrockses Quarter, off Queen Street and Stanley Street.
The district, which borders the Tithebarn area, would be turned into a series of pedestrianised streets and public squares.
The plans have already attracted interest from "major international retailers" IKEA?.
Manchester-based developers Brookhouse have submitted new outline plans for the multi-million pound project which would see large-scale demolition.
Planners at Preston Council are re-considering the proposals after sending architects back to the drawing board.
Previous plans mooted in 2005, which included a ski-slope shaped hotel, were kicked into touch by Preston Council.
But architects Cassidy and Ashton, based in East Cliff, Preston, have now come up with a different way of re-developing the site, following advice from the Government's design champions, CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment).
The mixed-use plan is for 30,000 square metres of shops, a 6,000 square metre supermarket, hotel, offices, 275 apartments, bars and restaurants, 1,700 multi-storey and underground parking spaces, pedestrianised streets and a public square. Queen Street itself would become a tree-lined boulevard.
Peter Harris, director at Cassidy and Ashton, said: "It's a mixed-use comprehensive scheme.
"What it's trying to do is become a new quarter of the city centre which allows pedestrian access to the new shopping area.
"Preston Council didn't like the previous scheme on urban design grounds. They felt it had an out of town feel, whereas they wanted a city centre feel. We've gone right the way back to basics."
To make way for the work, an area of land would need to be bulldozed, with only a few buildings in Grimshaw Street and Church Street, plus the North British Housing building, surviving.
The application is part of an overall masterplan for the site and the adjacent site, owned by EH Booths.
However, in relation to the Booths land, Countryside Properties has applied for permission for 605 apartments and 6,735 square metres of retail space, up to 18 storeys, with public squares.
Members of Preston Council's planning committee are recommended to approve the Booths plans on Monday.
Today the Lancashire Evening Post can reveal proposals for the huge regeneration plan for a run-down part of the city centre.
Shops, a hotel, offices and almost 300 apartments could form the hub of the proposed Horrockses Quarter, off Queen Street and Stanley Street.
The district, which borders the Tithebarn area, would be turned into a series of pedestrianised streets and public squares.
The plans have already attracted interest from "major international retailers" IKEA?.
Manchester-based developers Brookhouse have submitted new outline plans for the multi-million pound project which would see large-scale demolition.
Planners at Preston Council are re-considering the proposals after sending architects back to the drawing board.
Previous plans mooted in 2005, which included a ski-slope shaped hotel, were kicked into touch by Preston Council.
But architects Cassidy and Ashton, based in East Cliff, Preston, have now come up with a different way of re-developing the site, following advice from the Government's design champions, CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment).
The mixed-use plan is for 30,000 square metres of shops, a 6,000 square metre supermarket, hotel, offices, 275 apartments, bars and restaurants, 1,700 multi-storey and underground parking spaces, pedestrianised streets and a public square. Queen Street itself would become a tree-lined boulevard.
Peter Harris, director at Cassidy and Ashton, said: "It's a mixed-use comprehensive scheme.
"What it's trying to do is become a new quarter of the city centre which allows pedestrian access to the new shopping area.
"Preston Council didn't like the previous scheme on urban design grounds. They felt it had an out of town feel, whereas they wanted a city centre feel. We've gone right the way back to basics."
To make way for the work, an area of land would need to be bulldozed, with only a few buildings in Grimshaw Street and Church Street, plus the North British Housing building, surviving.
The application is part of an overall masterplan for the site and the adjacent site, owned by EH Booths.
However, in relation to the Booths land, Countryside Properties has applied for permission for 605 apartments and 6,735 square metres of retail space, up to 18 storeys, with public squares.
Members of Preston Council's planning committee are recommended to approve the Booths plans on Monday.
