Blackburn council have distributed 59,000 newspapers outlining their objections to Prestons Tithebarn scheme. I was impressed that, on BBC Look North, Blackburns council leader seemed to make Preston appear like a major centre that would become even more dominant in the region. It made the Tithebarn sound even more desirable from Prestons viewpoint and made me more in favour.
It did say that Blackburn was having a £66m shopping centre built but they were obviously unimpressed that Prestons was £700m, although the money isn’t all on shopping. I think if the tables were reversed I would be wanting more spent in my own place rather than preventing investment elsewhere. This area is quite delicately placed being the last point of major development south of Glasgow, 200miles away. Quite often areas on the fringe retreat during a recession as money gets pulled back into the core so to be objecting to investment sounds like a bit of an own goal. We would hope for a broader world view.