Dean Garage, Whittingham Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 2JJ

06/2019/0318Full applicationApproved

Full

Approved on 21 May 2019

Council decision: Approval with conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from Metal Workshop (Class B2) to hand car wash and valet (Sui Generis) (retrospective)

Submitted: 26 March 2019
Council: Preston City Council
Ward: Preston Rural North (pre-2019)

ReceivedSubmitted26 Mar
ValidatedValidated26 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided21 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Dean Garage, Whittingham Lane, Broughton, Preston, PR3 2JJ. Preston has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications 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 2JJ
Application type: Full application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Whittingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 61, Meadow Street, Preston, PR1 1TS

Additional information

Documents: 21

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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© 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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Preston

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