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22, Church Walk, Preston, PR2 6SZ

06/2026/0419Lawful use certificateRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse to grant certificate

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of dwelling as a care home for up to 2no. children

Submitted
17 April 2026
Ward
Brookfield
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 158 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 22, Church Walk, Preston, PR2 6SZ. Preston has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 16 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 9 applications across Brookfield. We hold 977 applications in total for the PR2 postcode area.

62% of outline 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
PR2 6SZ
Application type
Lawful use certificate
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Knights, The Brampton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0QW

Additional information

Documents
3

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.

Source: Preston

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