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Former Whittingham Hospital Site, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JE

06/2014/0535Reserved matters (major)Approved
Reserved matters

Approved on 14 October 2014

Council decision: Approval of reserved matters

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

Proposal

Reserved matters application for the erection of 132no. dwellings and 18no. apartments in 3no. blocks with landscaping and associated infrastructure (Phase 1) (outline application 06/2013/0779)

Submitted
15 July 2014
Ward
Preston Rural North (pre-2019)
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Former Whittingham Hospital Site, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JE. Preston has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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).

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Application details

Postcode
PR3 2JE
Application type
Reserved matters (major)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
132
Parish
Whittingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
HOW Planning LLP, Manchester, M2 5GP

Additional information

Documents
82

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2014
    15 Jul

    Reserved matters application for the erection of 132no. dwellings and 18no. apartments in 3no. blocks with…

    This applicationApprovedReserved matters06/2014/0535
  2. 2013
    11 Nov

    Redevelopment of site to provide up to 650 (Class C3) residential dwellings, up to 9000 sqm (Class B1)…

    Approval with conditionsOutline application (major)Part of06/2013/0779

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