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

06/2015/0088Early acknowledgement for demolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 27 March 2015

Council decision: Prior approval - approvedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior notification submission for demolition of St Luke's Villas

Received
29 January 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Preston Rural North (pre-2019)
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Former Whittingham Hospital Site, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JE. Preston has handled 36 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days 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.

91% of all 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
Early acknowledgement for demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whittingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Nexus Planning, 2 Castle Street Manchester, M3 4LZ

Additional information

Documents
19

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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