BLUEPRINTS for alterations to three of the superschools planned for Burnley and Pendle are to be unveiled in the coming weeks.

Developers Catalyst want changes to approved proposals for Shuttleworth College, in Burnley Road, Padiham, Pendle Community High and Pendle Vale College, in Oxford Road, Nelson, and the Burnley campus at Barden Lane.

Details of the changes have not yet been revealed but it is hoped the planning process will not delay the joint Lancashire County Council and Catalyst Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme yet further.

Hold-ups have occurred for the proposed Sir John Thursby school, in Eastern Avenue, Burnley, following the discovery of a land ownership blunder.

Part of the playing fields layout has had to be reconfigured after it was found pitches had been pencilled in for land not under developers' control.

The new Marsden Heights Community College in Pendle has only just overcome opposition from neighbours.

Bad weather has also held up work on Pendle Vale - although education leaders and contractors are confident any delays can be recouped in the coming months.

The announcement comes shortly after the Lancashire Telegraph revealed that an extra £2.85million had been authorised for the BSF programme across the two boroughs.

More money is needed for Unity College, which will replace Towneley High School, subject to the outcome of a public inquiry, and Marsden Heights Community College, the establishment taking over from Edge End and Mansfield high schools in Pendle.

Extra funding will not push up the overall costs of the £250million scheme, it will just change the proportion of support being given to the project by the local authority.

A BSF spokesman said: "Variations to the planning permissions obtained for three new school sites, under construction in East Lancashire, will be submitted to Lancashire County Council shortly.

"The council's strategic partner, Catalyst, has drawn up amended plans to deal with changes that have occurred as detailed design of the projects has progressed."

Borough councillors in Burnley and Pendle will be consulted on the changes and the alterations will go on public show at planning offices in Burnley and Pendle.

The plans will be discussed at a meeting of the county council's development control committee later in the year.