The Smithy, Inglewhite Road, Inglewhite, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2LD

06/2009/0895Full applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 8 February 2010

Council decision: Approval with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from former cafe (Class A3) to dwelling including alterations

Received: 15 December 2009
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Preston City Council
Ward: Preston Rural North (pre-2019)

ReceivedReceived15 Dec
ValidatedValidated15 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Smithy, Inglewhite Road, Inglewhite, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2LD. Preston has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,017 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 2LD
Application type: Full application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Goosnargh

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 December 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 2 Inglewhite Road Preston, PR3 2LD

Additional information

Documents: 7

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.

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