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The Mill, School Lane, Preston, PR4 0HL

06/2025/1309Full application (major)Awaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of mill, change of use of land to open storage (Class B8) and existing buildings from agricultural to 40no. storage units (Class B8), and ancillary infrastructure

Submitted
30 January 2026
Ward
Preston Rural North
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Mill, School Lane, Preston, PR4 0HL. Preston has handled 1,524 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Preston Rural North. We hold 2,074 applications in total for the PR4 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
PR4 0HL
Application type
Full application (major)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Woodplumpton

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PWA Planning, 2 Lockside Office Park, Lockside Road, Preston, PR2 2YS

Additional information

Documents
23

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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