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Whittingham Hospital Site, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JH

06/2007/0946Outline application (major)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 7 January 2008

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Redevelopment of site to provide up to 650 (Class C3) residential dwellings, up to 9000 sq m (Class B1) office/light industrial use, primary school, senior playing pitch, tennis court, relocation of bowling green, recreational and play facilities, new access to Whittingham Lane and alterations to existing access to Cumeragh Lane, open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure (including retention of existing cricket pitch and pavilion) (outline application).

Received
11 September 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
RN
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 118 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Whittingham Hospital Site, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JH. Preston has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 10 weeks longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,017 applications in total for the PR3 postcode area.

62% of outline applications at Preston City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
PR3 2JH
Application type
Outline application (major)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
WH

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2007
Committee meeting
7 January 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
How Planning LLP, Manchester, M2 5GP

Additional information

Documents
5

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.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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