John Puttick Associates has received planning permission for a purpose-built youth centre in Preston opposite the city’s grade II-listed brutalist bus station.

Puttick led the refurbishment of Building Design Partnership’s 1960s transport hub, which completed 2018. The practice was also appointed to design a three-storey facility for young people, however approved proposals for a structure on the bus station’s apron were not progressed despite being consented in 2016.

The practice’s latest proposal – which follows a 2021 appointment by youth-centre specialists OnSide – will deliver a new three-storey, 3,140sq m building bringing together sports facilities, performance spaces and social spaces on a different site opposite the bus station.

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