has announced the sale of Early Birds Private Day Nursery in Coppull Built around You.Your expert business property advisers Sofia BeckDirector - Childcare & Education The nursery was established in 2003 by dedicated owner wanted a nursery that could offer that special home-from-home environment with love and dedication evident throughout the whole setting Early Birds Private Day Nursery is a truly welcoming setting with an excellent team of longstanding staff who have helped take the nursery from strength to strength over the years With a current operating capacity for up to 50 children the nursery has consistently high occupancy levels due to its well-known reputation and word-of-mouth referrals Following a confidential sales process with Sofia Beck at Christie & Co, Early Birds Private Nursery has been purchased by national group operator Kids Planet Day Nurseries which has a portfolio of over 200 settings across the UK the former owner of Early Birds Private Day Nursery “Since I opened the doors of Early Birds in 2003 children and parents has been a huge part of my life and an absolute privilege Early Birds’ future is secure in the hands of Kids Planet who I’m sure will wrap their arms around the team and take the same pride and care in delivering excellent childcare to the families of Coppull and the surrounding areas.” “Early Birds is a wonderful setting located in a spacious filled with charm and character and a homely atmosphere Their warm and inviting learning environments closely aligned with our own ethos and I am really looking forward to welcoming the teams and families into the Kids Planet and working together moving forward.” Director – Childcare & Education at Christie & Co “I'm thrilled to have helped Claire sell her nursery which I know was a difficult decision for her to finally take we discussed her options for an exit strategy and I provided advice on potential next steps relating to the process Claire entrusted us to confidentially introduce a purchaser and suitable new owner for her nursery which she had spent the last 22 years building We are pleased to announce that the nursery has been acquired by Kids Planet I wish Claire and her husband Andrew all the best for the future.” Early Birds Private Nursery was sold for an undisclosed price Visit Christie & Co’s Business Search page to find out more about current listings. Keep up-to-date with our latest listings and more… © Christie & Co 2024 | A member of Christie Group Sign our campaign for a grant funding review the housebuilder is ready to start building 67 homes on the seven-acre site off Darlington Street in Coppull Miller Homes purchased the site from two private landowners and the Diocese of Blackburn – with Leigh Hough & Co acting for the vendors The development, to be known as Church View, will comprise eight one-bedroom apartments and a series of houses – six of which will have two bedrooms, 32 will have three, and 21 will have four. The project secured sign-off from Chorley councillors last June and includes 20 affordable homes The project has an estimated GDV of more than £16m It was designed by Gallagher Technical & Design Miller anticipates the first homes being available for occupancy in the first quarter of next year “New and affordable housing is much needed in the parish and therefore we’re pleased to be offering this to the community with Church View,” said John Hardy “Our plans outline a small but plentiful development that will not only bring quality housing to the area but new tended-to green spaces and facilities for children.” You can learn more about the project by searching application reference number 21/01076/FULMAJ on Chorley Council’s website Read our comments policy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The housebuilder has secured approval for a 50-home sustainable scheme in Edenfield after the eight-acre plot was acquired from Peel Land A long-held ambition to relocate Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service’s headquarters from Fulwood is part of plans to overhaul the leadership and development centre at Euxton Register for free North West property intelligence Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Join more than 13,000 property professionals and sign up to receive your free daily round-up of built environment news direct to your inbox By subscribing, you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value" For best viewing experience of this website Please enter a place name in the search bar After provisionally the warmest May Day on record in the UK higher than average temperatures will subside over the weekend Environment Agency Updated: 07:52 (UTC+1) on Tue 6 May 2025 Fine and settled under the influence of high pressure Chilly but bright to start with plenty of sunny spells through the morning Turning cloudier from the east during the afternoon Rather cloudy into the evening but dry for most but not feeling as chilly as recent nights with most places remaining frost free Another widely dry and settled day with a few sunny spells breaking through largely cloudy skies and feeling warm with temperatures slightly above the early-May average The remainder of the week will see high pressure dominating It will stay dry with plenty of sunny spells Breezy at times but temperatures will be on the rise Dry across the vast majority of the UK with clear or sunny spells but also some patchy cloud Cloud will likely thicken across the far north and northwest during the weekend with some outbreaks of rain for a time There is also a small risk of some heavy showers in the far south or southwest high pressure will be dominant across the UK This will bring predominantly fine and dry weather for the majority of places Temperatures are likely to be slightly above normal for the time of year although there is a chance of some cold nights Fairly typical weather for the time of year is most likely through this period fine and dry weather is more likely to dominate although this will be interspersed with occasional spells of rain and showers with a risk of heavy rain and thunderstorms in places temperatures will most likely be near to or slightly above average Astle Land and Planning has drawn up the plans for the Chorley scheme Story Homes has lodged plans to build a mix of houses and apartments on the vacant land opposite Blainscough Lane Astle Planning and Design has drawn up the plans for the development which would deliver 118 homes in the village of Coppull Proposals feature eight one-bedroom apartments Chorley Council approved the outline plans for the development last February with a planning decision on the reserved matters expected early next year head of land and planning for Story Homes North West said: “We’re excited to be progressing detailed plans for a proposed residential development of 118 homes on land we’ve purchased in Coppull “We’ve worked hard to design the kind of high-quality scheme for which Story Homes is renowned.” Story Homes has broken ground at Reynard Close in Longton to deliver 34 properties in the South Ribble village The housebuilder has now purchased the land following the grant of planning permission in July operations director for Story Homes North West and to go from exchanging contracts and submitting a planning application in November 2022 to completing the purchase and starting work on site in August 2023 is exceptional.” Asteer Planning is advising Story Homes on the Chorley scheme The project team also includes Pennine Ecological search for application number 23/00780/REMMAJ on Chorley Council’s planning portal That old chestnut – vacant land – is that the new name for green fields Story homes once again going for the building on green fields option instead of remediating and building on a brownfield site Story are buying a piece of land which already has Planning Permission for up to 123 houses The principal of residential development has already been accepted at Appeal stage Chorley Council voted to approve Story Homes' reserved matters application on 6 February Story Homes has secured the go-ahead for its mixed-tenure neighbourhood off Blainscough Lane The housebuilder aims to start on site in May Chorley Council’s planning committee voted in favour of the 118-home application last week a decision that was in line with officer recommendations The application was a reserved matters one following the Planning Inspectorate’s approval of the outline plans in February 2022 These comprise a mixture of one-bed apartments and two- and three-bed houses The market properties are semi-detached and detached houses with between three and five bedrooms The homes will be built on 14 acres of land in Coppull Cars will be able to access the new neighbourhood from Orange Drive. As part of the planning approval agreement Story has committed to providing £320,000 for secondary education in the area and more than £1.2m as a Community Infrastructure Levy head of land and planning at Story Homes North West said the company was “thrilled” to secure planning approval from Chorley Council “This exciting new scheme will deliver a number of benefits to the local community including affordable homes and new open space as well as economic benefits that are associated with the development of new homes such as the direct and indirect employment opportunities for local people created throughout the construction phase,” he continued Astle Planning and Design crafted the layout for the project Asteer Planning is the planning consultant for the scheme and RS Acoustic Engineering round out the project team Learn more about the project by searching application reference number 23/00780/REMMAJ on Chorley Council’s planning portal Nothing on this development for older residents Has anyone thought about the wildlife around the Nature Reserve and the amount of traffic it will bring through the existing villages Grange Drive is already the only access road to the current housing for example when the primary school is opening/closing and patents park there It is also very difficult to turn right in spite of the mini roundabout which noone takes any notice of and visibility is hugely impaired by the property on the corner delivery drivers etc when the development is finished Grange Drive will be dangerous and congested Grange drive at mini roundabout is bad enough now Will this be sorted with other access roads It’s such a shame to see the erosion of all the countryside in Coppull They didn’t approve planning whe someone wanted to build on Camelot but they will pass it for countryside with a small mini roundabout for access There will be no countryside soon with all the building round birkacre and here Also it will be interesting to see if the employment generated really is local or if people travel in from elsewhere I can’t begin to imagine what Spendmore Lane will be like in a morning and the New Road with people trying to get into Chorley Brilliant news grange drivers will be loving this lol *All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets while odds in copy are accurate at the time of publishing but subject to change I really like Karl Burke’s filly Miss Lamai in the 6f Lowther Stakes that opens the card She was narrowly beaten at this venue early on in her career and wasn’t too far behind her stablemate Leovanni at Royal Ascot Her win last time at Naas was decent and she looks to be improving A valuable sales race where Arizona Blaze has some good form at the top table this season He’s not entirely suited by the conditions of the race and has plenty of weight to carry but he’s the one I’d like to be on A mile handicap where Holloway Boy has run some really good races this season without winning… yet He’s been thereabouts in some extremely competitive handicaps at Royal Ascot and Goodwood and races now off a mark of 106 He doesn’t win often but has to be on the each-way shortlist New Image could be near his ceiling rating but there may be a little bit of wriggle room as a win-only project It would be fitting if Queen Of The Pride could win this contest after her sire Golden Horn was such a good winner of the Dante Stakes back in the day before his Epsom Derby triumph Oisin Murphy was on board when she won at Haydock twice recently and he has learnt that she can’t hit the front too soon It’s hard to get away from Satin for Irish trainer Jessica Harrington who looks a worthy opponent to the likely favourite William Haggas’s runner races off a mark of 94 while Satin is rated 104 Ryan Moore has been booked to ride after she returned from injury just eight days ago at Gowran Park That should have brought her on plenty for this task A 7f Nursery where Original Outlaw looks a player He was a neck second at Goodwood on his nursery debut on quick ground and the conditions at York should suit him again Coppull Hall Lane won on her handicap debut and she can be competitive again off just a 2lb higher mark Her stablemate Elim is close to the top of the market but she looks a solid each-way player at the prices PPB Counterparty Services Ltd is licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority. For customers in the UK, PPB Counterparty Services Ltd is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission Passengers travelling between Wigan North Western and Preston stations on the West Coast Main Line are being advised to check before they travel because of damaged overhead power lines Network Rail engineers are working as fast as they can to fix the 25,000-volt overhead cables near Coppull after they came down earlier today (Monday 29 April) No trains are able to run in either direction on the West Coast Main Line between Wigan North Western and Preston Disruption is expected for the rest of the day Network Rail’s acting North West route strategy director said: “We’re sorry to passengers affected by the problems with the overhead power lines in Coppull We have specialist repair teams on site working as fast as they can to fix the cables and restore power so trains can safely run again through the area “Disruption is expected for the rest of the day so we’re urging people to plan their journeys and check before they travel with their train operator or National Rail Enquiries.” Work will take place throughout the day to reopen the line as soon as possible Investigations into what caused the overhead lines to be brought down are ongoing Customers making journeys to or from Wigan North Western are advised to check the National Rail enquiries and Avanti West Coast websites before travelling for the latest updates Trains running through Wigan North Western may be cancelled delayed by up to 90 minutes or diverted via Manchester Piccadilly your ticket will be valid on the service immediately before or after your original booked train to grow and expand the nation's railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced - a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years DMWR designed the scheme on behalf of FIREM Redrow Homes is eyeing up land in Whittle-le-Woods and Eccleston to build 250 homes and 65 homes while Miller Homes wants to provide 67 homes in Coppull the Victorian Canal Mill at Botany Bay could be transformed to provide a car park featuring a multi-use space and a helipad under FI Real Estate Management’s proposals Chorley Council is recommended to approve each item at its planning committee meeting on Tuesday FI Real Estate Management wants to build a podium at its Canal Mill headquarters to provide an extra 85,800 sq ft of space across four floors to accommodate parking and leisure activities which would provide FIREM’s employees with 163 car parking spaces along with nine motorcycle and 25 cycle bays Proposals also include the creation of a helipad and hangar for the company helicopter approval would see an 11,200 sq ft multi-use space introduced to be used by FIREM’s employees for exercise classes Plan Red is the scheme’s planning consultant Also on the project team is transport consultant Curtins and environmental consultant Tyler Grange Updated plans suggest alternative pedestrian access Redrow Homes has submitted an outline application for the construction of up to 250 houses on the 33-acre fields off Town Lane in Whittle-le-Woods Architect Cass Associates designed the scheme Residents would have access to a total of 675 car parking spaces Redrow has resubmitted its application following the council’s refusal of the original plans in 2020 due to road safety concerns Updated plans propose alternative access routes for pedestrians and cyclists The project team includes transport consultant SCP Redrow was granted outline permission for the scheme last February Redrow also has its sights on Eccleston with plans to build 65 homes with access off Doctors Lane approval would see the housebuilder deliver eight one-bedroom apartments Redrow was granted outline permission to deliver up to 80 homes on the site last February plans have been altered to provide bigger gardens and garages as well as changing the orientation and spread of the houses Trevor Bridge Associates is the landscape architect for the scheme Miller Homes wants to deliver 67 homes on the seven-acre agricultural plot off Darlington Street in Coppull following the demolition of the existing St John’s Vicarage on-site Designed by architect Gallagher Technical & Design the scheme would feature eight one-bedroom apartments A total of 134 car parking spaces would be provided for residents WSP is the planning consultant for the scheme Also on the project team is landscape architect TPM Landscape and transport consultant Eddisons The Whittle le Woods development looks like it can only be accessed by leaving the A6 down one of 2 very narrow roads into Waterhouse green or down Dolphin Brow from Chorley Old Road which is over parked and has a 90° bend at the top Coming from the other direction down Town Lane there’s a very narrow canal bridge which can only be used in one direction at a time These roads are already restricted to HGVs There are also plans to build further up off Chorley Old Road which is already overparked and can only be driven down by constantly giving way These plans need to be rejected on access and safety grounds These plans are a disgusting invasion of the countryside and are adding to the already rapidly dying environment The builders and investors have no regard for the future The evidence is thete that climate change is happening and there isn’t much time left to turn the situation round but these people are greedy If more homes are needed start in town centres and brown field sites evrn if they have to forfeit some of their profits for the greater good Do NIMBYs just search the internet for articles on developments they don’t like so they can comment Is that how we end up with such ridiculous comments on these pages if we allowed the public to vote on development nothing would ever get built Try getting 134 cars down Darlington street for access to proposed site in Coppull alternatively past the school on Park Road A balance between countryside protection and housing people in comfort so they can flourish One’s untrammelled liberty hampers other’s liberty Enhancing green belt with biodiverse woodlands and orchards close to people along with pedestrian-oriented urbanism and suburbanism would be a route I’d go for Just thoughtful about some of the ‘why are we building on countryside’ arguments should take a look of the green belt in the NorthWest which a) takes huge swathes of countryside/land out of development b) naturally forces development into sites like these If we had a more pragmatic view of land use we’d find a better and more climate friendly set of trade offs Busy enough at the moment with Buckshaw village nearby Town lane is a country lane which cannot take another 600 cars Pedestrian and cyclist routes on the estates will not take away all the extra traffic on Town Lane which is narrow with bends and a canal bridge suitable for one large vehicle Planning was refused on road safety and nothing has changed It will ruin the whole village by losing the countryside we live in the roads here are already congested the amount of traffic already makes it dangerous for children and old people crossing the road in what is supposed to be a 20mph limit zone If these houses are built on the proposed site the roads will become very dangerous so unless new roads are built entirely altering the whole village as we know it it can not work Find a better and less disruptive site for your new homes please Who wants to go to Botany Bay by helicopter??! “Who wants to go to Botany Bay by helicopter??!!” I was there some years ago when someone Before building any new houses in Chorley build schools