ONE OF Cleveleys' last green spaces has been saved from controversial development plans.

Part of Jubilee Gardens on Cleveleys seafront would have been built on if a leisure park planned by Manchester's Property Alliance Group had gone ahead.

But the firm has dramatically downsized its plans, dropping proposals for a 60-bed hotel, bowling alley and two 'drive-thru' fast-food outlets, and re-arranging the siting of a planned eight screen cinema, health centre, a pub and restaurant and car parks.

Manchester-based developer, Property Alliance Group, has amended its plans for a leisure park on Cleveleys seafront, and these no longer include any part of Jubilee Gardens.

Two drive through fast-food restaurants and a 60-bed hotel have also been dropped from the amended plans, to be considered by Wyre Borough Council.

Residents have been fighting to save Jubilee Gardens - part of which was to disappear under the original plans - since Property Alliance Group's original application last May.

Reg Vokins of Waters Reach Residents' Association, said: "We are obviously very pleased that they have now not included Jubilee Gardens."

He added: "We have now got to ensure that they remain left alone."

He said campaigners are 'keeping an eye' on the worries of Ocean Way residents whose properties back onto the planned leisure park.

Householders are worried that a planned two-storey high wall overlooking their gardens will block views and sunlight.

And Mr Vokins said residents are still finding out about the revised plans and that he is still gauging local reaction.

Campaign supporter, Wyre councillor Penny Martin, said: "This is brilliant news. The amended plans are just for the car park by the beach huts and the plot of land at the side of it. Jubilee Gardens itself is untouched."

She said local groundswell against the original plans 'could not be disregarded'.

"Now that the plans are in I'm going to be seeking reassurance that there isn't going to be a plan B - that other plans are not just going to appear," she said.

"Secondly, I'm going to be find out just whether the council did ever pursue funding possibilities. There's tons of money out there, like Heritage Lottery Funding for urban parks. Jubilee Gardens sits perfectly within the criteria for that."