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Higher Brock Mill Post Office, Bleasdale Lane, Bleasdale, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 1US

06/2001/0575Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 September 2001

Council decision: Approval (statutory conditions only)Planning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from cafe and Post Office with living accommodation to private dwelling

Received
11 July 2001
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
RE
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 68 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Higher Brock Mill Post Office, Bleasdale Lane, Bleasdale, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 1US. Preston has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Preston's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,018 applications in total for the PR3 postcode area.

97% of full applications at Preston City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PR3 1US
Application type
Full application
Parish
GO

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2001
Committee meeting
17 September 2001

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Park Lodge, Bunker St, Freckleton, Preston, PR4 1HA

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Forest Of Bowland
  • 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.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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