Regional Investment Site at Cuerden

Key assets:

• Cuerden Strategic Site covers 65 hectares with Lancashire County Council being the majority owner.
• The site is immediately adjacent to the M6/M65 motorway interchange and is reserved for significant investment projects, which will be of regional impact.The site is accessed via junction 29 of the M6 and junction 1 of the M65. It is also in close proximity via the M65 to junction 9 of the M61.
• Cuerden Regional Investment Site is jointly supported by a partnership including South Ribble Borough Council, the Homes and Communities Agency and Lancashire County Council / Lancashire County Developments Ltd.
• Cuerden is a key site in the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal.
• Cuerden Strategic Site is recognised as being of regional and sub-regional significance.  It is allocated as a Strategic Site in the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy (July 2012) and in the South Ribble Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Development Plan Document Partial Version 2013.
• It is a key strategically important employment site to be developed with the necessary infrastructure requirements for commercial, industrial, retail and leisure uses. Cuerden is currently un-serviced agricultural land bordered by existing farmland and major roads.