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44-56 Guildhall Street, PR1 3AS

06/2026/0190Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Approval with conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of flat nos. 12 and 16 from residential dwellings (Class C3) to serviced accommodation (Class C1) (retrospective)

Submitted
13 March 2026
Ward
City Centre
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 44-56 Guildhall Street, PR1 3AS. Preston has handled 1,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across City Centre. 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 3AS
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Diogel Architecture, Diogel Architecture, 3 Connaught House, Riverside Business Park, Benarth Rd, Conwy, LL32 8UB

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Winckley Square Conservation Area
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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