County Hall, Pitt Street, Preston, PR1 8XB
Proposal
Demolition of three existing chimneys on the roof
- Received
- 8 September 2026
- Council
- Lancashire County Council
- ReceivedSubmitted8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application for demolition at County Hall, Pitt Street, Preston, PR1 8XB. Lancashire has handled 373 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 68 days. It was submitted on 8 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,703 applications in total for the PR1 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Lancashire
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Fishergate Hill Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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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 2026-10-09. 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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