Central Lancashire is a term used for the joint planning of the Lancashire districts of the City of Preston, South Ribble Borough and Chorley Borough. A joint Local Development Framework is being prepared.
Previously, the term referred to the designated new town. The largest of the English new towns, Central Lancashire New Town covered 35,255 acres (143 km2), the entirety of the county borough of Preston, parts of Chorley, Fulwood, Leyland and Walton-le-Dale, and also parts of Chorley Rural District and Preston Rural District.
Central Lancashire New Town pioneered the use of Shared Ownership (a new form of Property ownership introduced by the Housing Act 1980) and also witnessed the first transfer of social housing stock to registered Housing Associations following tenant consultation and ballots. The New Town Development Corporation was abolished in 1986.
Since 2008, the three local government district councils for the City of Preston, the Borough of South Ribble and the Borough of Chorley have adopted the name "Central Lancashire" to refer the entirety of all three districts. The officially estimated population of Central Lancashire on this definition in 2009 was 347,600.
The British Office for National Statistics gives a 2001 population figure for the Preston Urban Area, covering Preston, Leyland, Chorley, Euxton and Wymott Prison, of 264,601.
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