Local Government touches all our lives, wherever we live. Local government is also a partnership. Central government provides the money (which is never enough). The officers and councillors of Lancashire County Council and Preston City Council have different jobs to do within the community. In Ingol & Tanterton, we are fortunate in having a Neighbourhood Council too. There are also the Police and Community Together (PACT) meetings, and the community groups, and the churches, and schools. And of course, all the residents. We all work in partnership for the betterment of our local area. So we’re not claiming credit for all the things on this map – but we have had a hand in most of them, sometimes taking the lead, sometimes working with others, or sometimes just giving our support to, or welcoming, the work others have done.

1. Continuing to work with local community to keep the Golf Course as green space, building a success story in our area while opposing housing development on the site.
2. Campaigning for a community-oriented future for the Tulketh High School site. Part of it is now being scheduled for housing, but we think it should be considered for reopening to meet the demand from the development of north west Preston. Failing that, we will press for extra-care housing on the site
3. Brickworks – the project has stalled, because of national problems with retailers, but we are giving the developer our full support and hope to see the work start again soon
4. Tag Lane Pelican Crossing lights – new LED crossing lights have made a huge improvement in visibility and safety to Tag Lane at both crossings
5. Two pedestrian refuges to be installed on Tag Lane shortly (exact locations are not yet confirmed – but most likely spots are indicated on the map)
6. Numerous street light malfunctions reported and fixed
7. Innumerable potholes reported and fixed throughout the area
8. Put out survey forms to over 2,000 homes in Ingol and Tanterton
9. Dog fouling – fought against Preston’s Labour controlled council funding cuts for enforcement using fixed penalty notices – a major problem everywhere according to our surveys!
10. Ensuring the Highways and Transport Masterplan is being kept to – to prevent Tag Lane from becoming a through-route into town for new houses due to be built in NW Preston
11. Delivering a Western Distributor road – a dual carriageway to run from a new junction on the M55 to the A583/A584 near the Lea Gate – to keep traffic from new developments in NW Preston off Tag Lane
12. Nog Tow roundabout resurfaced
13. Tag Lane to be resurfaced from around the junctions with Tanterton Hall Road and Redcar Avenue
14. Pavement repairs on Barry Avenue and Cresswell Avenue will take place this year
15. Road Surface repairs across many streets in Ingol. These will cause road closures on Bardsea Place, Barry Avenue, Beachley Road, Brighton Crescent, Clevedon Road, Colwyn Place, Cresswell Avenue, Cromer Place, Crosby Close, Dalmore Road, Dawlish Place, Dunbar Road, Dunoon Close, Eastbourne Close, Hargreaves Court, Hayling Place, Newlyn Place, St Ives Crescent, Whitby Avenue, Whitby Place and Whitefriar Close. Sorry for the inconvenience, however roads should only be closed for a day and the improved road surface should be worth it.
16. 20 mph in all residential areas – something we have pressed for over many years
17. We welcome the initiative of a group of local volunteers who have got together to form a charity to re-open the Tanterton Village Centre on Kidsgrove, with grants from PCC and I&TNC
18. Ingol dip has been improved as a community asset by collaboration with Gateway and local schools
19. Supported INTACT in their successful bid to expand the Community Centre
20. Food Banks – it’s an indictment of our society that such things are necessary, but we fully support the work at Holy Family and the other churches and community centres
21. Regeneration of Dovedale park – a collaborative project between Gateway and Intact
22. Motorbike nuisance by the canal – campaign to eliminate this problem – residents’ photos used to identify and confiscate offenders’ bikes. Canal Trust to put up signs
23. Nature reserve – working to protect endangered species on the former Brickworks. Hope for ownership to pass to the community, and a management project set up to allow study and supervised access for the local schools
24. Anti-moto barrier Whitby Ave/Tanterton Hall Road ginnel – removed without consultation, replaced after partnership working
25. New Tag Lane road markings – centre white lines repainted on Tag Lane from St Margaret’s to Hillcrest
26. Tanterton Village Green pitch drainage- a £30,000 joint project to get the playing field back into use later this year