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Roseacre Hall Farm, Roseacre Road, Treales Roseacre And Wharles, Preston, PR4 3UE

14/0440County ApplicationRefused

Refused on 17 September 2014

Council decision: Raise ObjectionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

COUNTY MATTER APPLICATION: LCC/2014/0101 PROPOSAL: CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A SITE FOR DRILLING UP TO FOUR EXPLORATORY WELLS, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF THE WELLS, TESTING FOR HYDROCARBONS, ABANDONMENT OF THE WELLS AND RESTORATION, INCLUDING PROVISION OF ACCESS ROADS AND IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESSES ONTO THE HIGHWAY, SECURITY FENCING, LIGHTING AND OTHER USES ANCILLARY TO THE EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PIPELINE AND A CONNECTION TO THE GAS GRID NETWORK AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE TO LAND WEST, NORTH AND EAST OF ROSEACRE WOOD AND BETWEEN ROSEACRE ROAD, ROSEACRE AND INSKIP ROAD, WHARLES LOCATION: AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF ROSEACRE HALL, TO THE WEST, NORTH AND EAST OF ROSEACRE WOOD, AND LAND THAT FORMS PART OF THE DEFENCE HIGH FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (DHFCS) SITE BETWEEN ROSACRE ROAD AND INSKIP ROAD, OFF ROSEACRE ROAD AND INSKIP ROAD, ROSEACRE AND WHARLES, PRESTON

Received
24 June 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at ROSEACRE HALL FARM, ROSEACRE ROAD, TREALES ROSEACRE AND WHARLES, PRESTON, PR4 3UE. Fylde has handled 35 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Fylde's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 2,074 applications in total for the PR4 postcode area.

97% of all applications at Fylde Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PR4 3UE
Application type
County Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Treales, Roseacre and Wharles

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2014
Last date for comments
15 July 2014
Committee meeting
18 January 2018
Decision issued
20 March 2015
Application expires
15 July 2014
Permission expires
19 March 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lancashire County Council
Agent address
Development Management Group, County Hall, PO Box 100, Preston, PR1 0LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
39
Constraints
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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