Build for 44 affordable homes planned for former St Joseph’s Social Club in Ribbleton

A new build for 44 homes planned for the site of a former social club in Ribbleton will all be affordable.If proposals are passed houses at The St Joseph’s Social Club, which was demolished after a fire, would be managed by a housing association. According to plans from William Fulster of M.C.I. Developments Limited: “The application seeks planning permission for the erection of 44 dwellings with access taken from Cemetery Road.Town planners at Preston City Council have recommended the scheme, which is to be tabled before city councillors on Tuesday, for approval.Six letters against the development from residents in the area have been sent to the authority saying it will mean an increase of traffic on Cemetery Road and a loss of green space.The Friends of Fishwick and St Matthews group have also lodged an objection to the application arguing that the “ignores the Inner East Preston Neighbourhood Plan”.The housing application, if given the green light, would be made up of six three-bedroom two-storey houses, 31 two-bedroom two-storey houses and seven two-bedroom bungalows.