Consultants Urbed have prepared the "Draft Preferred Option" for regenerating the area following a series of consultation events about how developments could be made over the next decade.

The propsals will be on display in Brierfield Library from today to next Wednesday, December 10th, with a questionnaire available to feed back opinions.

There will also be a special drop-in event, with a display of the plans, at Brierfield Community Centre on Friday, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., with Pendle Council officers attending.

Julie Palmer, Pendle Council's Housing Programmes Manager, urged anyone interested to comment on the proposals, saying: "We'll be able to answer questions people have about the plans and refreshments will be available. We want the community to share its views about the future development of Brierfield."

A special consultation event was also held on Saturday when many residents took the chance to look at the proposals on display in Sackville Street and Cross Street.

The proposals include demolition of some properties in Railway Street, Cross Street and Oxford Street – 16 flats, 17 terraced properties, a workshop and two garages. Two new housing developments of up to 90 properties are proposed on the Stone Yard site and in Railway Street/Cross Street.

Gateway improvements in Colne Road and Burnley Road are also proposed.
Improved open space and tree planting on some of the main streets is also suggested, with the area around the mosque improved.

Urbed, a Manchester-based design and planning practice, was commissioned by Pendle Council to develop a masterplan for the area as part of the Pennine Lancashire Housing Market Renewal programme, funded through Elevate.

Urbed will consider responses from the community and consult with the public, organisations and landowners before producing a draft masterplan report for the council by January. It is hoped the preferred option for the masterplan could, following more consultations, be approved by the council in summer.

Julie Palmer stressed the proposals are all subject to the council gaining funding and the council would also have to work with its partners, other organisations and developers to deliver the proposals.

The library's opening times are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon and Monday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.