Whitby Avenue ginnel gate – the gate which was removed last year because of problems over disabled vehicle access – which led to concerns over motor-bike nuisance – has now been restored, in an improved design.

After the recent accident involving a motor-cyclist on Tag Lane the County Highway team have agreed to put in a new pedestrian refuge early next year, and improve the white lining along the road.

Quads and Mini-motos – Now the weather is warming up, there is a danger of a repeat of the motor-bike nuisance we had last year.  You don’t have to put up with it.  Report illegal use on 101, giving times, dates and locations.  Take a photo if you can do so safely.  If you want […]

Have you seen the Community Payback teams out and about?  They recently tidied up the edging along the pathways and did a litter pick by the Royal Oak, and along Tom Benson Way and Tag Lane.  Thanks to the PACT (Police and Community Together) partnership for co-ordinating their work, and helping improve our neighbourhood.

Cllr Pauline Brown and Neil Darby at the Ingol Summer Fair in 2013

After eleven years representing Ingol & Tanterton on Preston City Council, Bill Shannon has announced that he is not standing for re-election in May.  “When I retired from my paid employment back in 2002, I was determined to get onto the Council, and hopefully do a bit of good for the local community”, says Bill […]

  “I have calculated that this is the 18th Budget to which I have responded in some capacity, and the fourth directly to the shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls. However, since he wrote many of the others, I was probably responding to him indirectly. Having heard the right hon. Gentleman over the years, I have picked […]

Last year we celebrated as a team of residents backed by the local Lib Dem councillors convinced Preston planning bosses to keep the Golf Course as open land. The developments ongoing at the Ingol Golf Village are very encouraging, but their lease does not cover the entirety of the land of the old Golf Course. […]

One year on, Neil Darby looks at how Ingol Golf Course is progressing It is about a year since the campaign to save Ingol Golf Course was won, and the new owners have been busy rebuilding the Ingol Village Golf Club. “The Liberal Democrats in Ingol and Tanterton have a story of success to tell […]

A Liberal Democrat amendment to the LCC budget was accepted in full by Lancashire County Council.  The Liberal Democrats stated that: Given the significant financial challenges facing the County, the Liberal Democrat amendment to the budget asks Council to recognise the priorities of: sustainable, environmentally friendly, economic growth delivery of long term cost reductions continued […]