PLANS to build a multi-storey office block on the old Palace Theatre site on Blackburn Boulevard were lodged with the council.
But the impressive scheme was in danger of being scrapped before it began because of the Budget, the developers announced.
The old Palace Theatre was demolished in 1988 and soon afterwards plans were put forward for a £2 million shopping and leisure centre.
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