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Cedar House, 23, Mount Street, Preston, PR1 8BS

06/2026/0307Prior Notification - Change of useApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: Prior approval granted

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

Proposal

Prior notification submission for change of use of existing office building (Class E) to create no.2 self-contained residential apartments (Class C3) and new doorway in west elevation

Submitted
13 March 2026
Ward
City Centre
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 74 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cedar House, 23, Mount Street, Preston, PR1 8BS. Preston has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 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.

90% of amendment 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 8BS
Application type
Prior Notification - Change of use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Design Solutions AP Ltd, Unit 19, Eastway Business Village, Olivers Place, Preston, PR2 9WT

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
  • Brownfield land register: Former St Joseph's Orphanage, Theatre StreetRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Preston

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