Ingol

Ingol East was the largest housing development in the designated area and the first to be developed north of the Ribble. Approval was granted on 5 April 1977. The feature of this project which caused the files relating to it to be selected for preservation was the inclusion of a golf course as an integral part of the development. A marina project was also considered but never implemented.

Full development in this area required road improvements and in 1978 the proposal for the Ingol Distributor Road, which had already been discussed at the Outline Plan Inquiry as route appraisal no 2, was formally submitted. The road was planned as a single carriageway from Tulketh Brow to Lightfoot Lane to serve the new residential areas and relieve pressure on Woodplumpton Road and Tag Lane. There was considerable opposition to the original route because of the effect on properties south of Blackpool Road (Paradise) and Haslam Park. The Inquiry turned down one of the CPOs essential to this route (CPO 31) and the road was redesigned in 1981 to underpass the Blackpool Road (A 5085) and run very close to the railway line thus obviating the need to route it along park property.