Green light for £65m Blackpool multiversity campus

Blackpool Council has gained planning for a £65m education campus in the town centre.
The Multiversity plan has already received almost £50m in Government funding as part of the Levelling Up Fund and Blackpool Town Deal.  
The approval paves the way for a 3-acre site including 59 homes in the Talbot Gateway area to be levelled to make way for a 350,000 sq ft education facility across three major blocks rising to five storeys.It will be delivered in two phases, starting with