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G E C Alstom Traction Limited, Channel Way, Preston, PR1 8XL

06/2026/0039Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 September 2026

Council decision: Approval with conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

Installation of pyrolysis plant to part of B8 warehouse to convert to B2 industrial use

Submitted
27 January 2026
Ward
Ashton
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 224 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at G E C Alstom Traction Limited, Channel Way, Preston, PR1 8XL. Preston has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 224 days, 25 weeks longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Ashton. We hold 1,750 applications in total for the PR1 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
PR1 8XL
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
14

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 2: Medium 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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