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Agricultural Land That Forms Part Of Plumpton Hall Farm To West Of The Farm Buildings, North Of Preston New Road, Off Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Preston

LCC/2014/0096Refused

Refused on 29 June 2015

Planning committee

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

Proposal

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A SITE FOR DRILLING UP TO FOUR EXPLORATION WELLS, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OF THE WELLS, TESTING FOR HYDROCARBONS, ABANDONMENT OF THE WELLS AND RESTORATION, INCLUDING PROVISION OF AN ACCESS ROAD AND ACCESS 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 TO THE NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON

Received
2 June 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
FYLDE WEST
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 389 days

About this application

This is a planning application at AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT FORMS PART OF PLUMPTON HALL FARM TO WEST OF THE FARM BUILDINGS, NORTH OF PRESTON NEW ROAD, OFF PRESTON NEW ROAD, LITTLE PLUMPTON, PRESTON. Lancashire has handled 386 applications of this type. This one was decided in 392 days, 44 weeks longer than Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address.

Application details

Scale / size
Large
Parish
WESTBY WITH PLUMPTONS
District
Fylde Borough Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
THE ARUP CAMPUS BLYTHE GATE BLYTHE VALLEY PARK SOLIHULL B90 8AE

Appeal

Appeal date
11 September 2015
Appeal result
ALLOWED

Additional information

Documents
311

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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Lancashire

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