East Lancs housing development plans set to for worldwide interest (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Looks like Blackburn shopping centre before they knocked it down.

6 mews houses and 2 8 bedroom properties, yes thats exactly what one of the most deprived areas of the country needs to help it's young people get onto the property ladder isn't it - oh no, the only option open to them is to get shafted on a one bedroom apartment - ridiculous, why doesn't the council get out there and ask the young local people what they will want/need and at what prices before jumping head first into these no-brain ideas? Look at those mews houses half built at the top end of Railway Street in Nelson - they can't afford to finish them because no-one has or will ever agree to buy them because they are not what the young people who want to get on the property ladder want or will be able to afford! Or is this because, yet again, our councils are only interested in catering for the asian community and their large broods?? Taking the new development to be built on the old mill at the back of Morissons/doctors surgery for example.

Mr Nelson Claret - you are talking nonsense!
Colne Road Reedley is one of the most affluently sought areas within this so called highly deprived area of the country. Detached houses are far and few between and are being sold for in excess of £500k + There is one on the market down the road from here ridiculously overpriced at £750k although it would probably sell for around £500k. Is this the most deprived area of the country?
I aint that keen on this proposed development at Colne Road and no idea why it is set to receive worldwide interest. It does look like a 1960's concrete framed building
Young people are never going to get on the housing ladder in this current climate without a substantial deposit. These houses and developments are not meant for first time young people in case you hadnt noticed by the 8 bedrooms etc.

As for your comments about the "half built houses at the top end of railway st! Then the houses have been completed from the outside with the exception of the groundworks (which commenced yesterday and will be complete in the next few months) and the conservatories which will be fitted once the groundworks have been completed. They will then be completed internally and will be sold subject to people being able to get hold of mortgages etc

It is pointless spending money on developments if due to the current economic climate people are not going to get mortgages or people start vandalising newly built developments.

These houses will be completed and they will be sold.

In case you hadnt noticed there are partially completed housing developments up and down the country where development has stalled due to the state of our country etc.

If young people get shafted in one bed apartments then that is their choice - they dont have to buy them do they! No one is going to give them a 3 or 4 bed house etc for the same price as a one bed apartment - not even the council!

I talk rubbish? You need to take a look in the mirror "Mr Truthful" - I can only assume from your comments that you are either a councillor that approves these no-brain ideas or that you're the contracted developer. Less than half a mile of expensive housing does not an affluent area make; Nelson, Brierfield & Burnley are all some of the most deprived areas of the country as illustrated by the high unemployment levels, numbers in receipt of benefits, poor health & dental health records, poor education levels, & the lowest house prices on record!

"These are not meant for 1st time buyers" - why not? It is fact that first time buyers are pretty much the only people in the market right now; those looking to upgrade to bigger/more expensive properties are few and far between; is there genuinely a market for such huge homes in an area where there is such deprivation? And even so, who on earth would spend c.£0.5m on a property that's just a stones throw from Brierfield - one of the roughest areas in the whole of Burnley and Pendle?

And just because approximately a year down the line some funding has finally been found to finish the other no-brain property development on Railway Street, Nelson, does not in any way shape or form mean that anyone will actually buy them - certainly not without significant amounts of time on the market or significant reductions in price or even shared ownership schemes to encourage first time buyers as they are indeed the main buyers in the market right now.

And your views on first time buyers really top the lot; are you saying that young people shouldn't actually ever buy a home? "no-one is going to give them a 3 or 4 bed home" no-one is asking them to! In pretty much every other area in the country right now, shared ownership schemes are in place/being introduced on standard average size 2 bedroom homes as it is important to the local economy to help young local people onto the property ladder, and to provide affordable local housing to said local young people. It is only in Burnley & Pendle where this is NOT happening.

Any young person that's grown up in Burnley and Pendle that's worked hard for an education and good qualifications and has a professional job without doubt will NOT be looking to buy their first home in this area!

And just think too, a mosque half a mile in one direction, and another half a mile in the other direction ! Who do you think will buy these properties ?? Certainly not the minimum wage white workers of Burnley and Pendle !! One mile down the road toward Burnley...scene of the Burnley riots, and even from your own journal recently, pictures of overturned burned out cars. Half a mile in Brierfield's direction lies Oxford Street... cheapest property in the UK, evidently ! You think people are going to come HERE ??

And the design of this fits in with the local landscape and style how, exactly?

Given the location, they will soon end up looking just as bad as the houses on Brougham Street so it's a total waste of money.

Six "Mews" houses - Maisonettes - Apartments - Two 8 bedroom homes,18 properties in all.Is this a joke ? Are the Weirs from Largs moving to Pendle ? Who the fork can afford those round here ? Which planet are those Burnley planners on.Anyone with that sort of money keeps well clear of Pendle!Two 8 bedroomed houses - who are they for,if not for "The Invaders"As Nely Claret says,what about the indigenous population - or dont they matter,being the minority!