The prison would be built on land close to the existing HMP Garth and HMP Wymott close to Ulnes Walton but has faced fierce objections from those nearby.
after the government intervened and said that it was minded to grant planning permission for the 1,715-inmate jail – if concerns over the impact of the development on the roads in the area could be overcome.
The blueprint for the so-called “super prison” was thrown out by Chorley Council’s planning committee in December 2021, but the Ministry of Justice later launched an appeal against the local authority’s decision, sparking a public inquiry last summer. However, the DLUHC announced that it was nevertheless inclined to grant permission – provided the highways issues could be “satisfactorily addressed”. To that end, it instructed that the inquiry be reopened to hear evidence purely relating to that subject.
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