Former Whittingham Hospital Site, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JE
Approved on 8 March 2011
Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment not required
Proposal
Request for a formal screening opinion under Regulation 5 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999, in respect of Application for Approval of Reserved Matters for approval of the layout, scale, appearance and landscaping associated with redevelopment of site to provide up to 650 (Class C3) residential dwellings, up to 9000 sq m (Class B1) office/light industrial use, primary school, senior playing pitch, tennis court, relocation of bowling green, recreational and play facilities, new access to Whittingham Lane and alterations to existing access to Cumeragh Lane, open space, landscaping and associated infrastructure (including retention of existing cricket pitch and pavilion)
- Submitted
- 22 September 2010
- Council
- Preston City Council
- Ward
- Preston Rural North (pre-2019)
- ReceivedSubmitted22 Sep
- ValidatedValidated22 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided8 Mar
Decided in 167 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Former Whittingham Hospital Site, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JE. Preston has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 17 weeks longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 2,017 applications in total for the PR3 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
- PR3 2JE
- Application type
- EI Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Whittingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 September 2010
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- HOW Planning LLP, M2 5GP
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201927 Mar
Outline planning application seeking approval for access from Henry Littler Way and Cumeragh Lane for the…
Approval with conditionsOutline application (major)06/2019/0365 - 201529 Jan
Prior notification submission for demolition of St Luke's Villas
ApprovedEarly acknowledgement for demolition06/2015/0088 - 201415 Jul
Reserved matters application for the erection of 132no. dwellings and 18no. apartments in 3no. blocks with…
ApprovedReserved matters06/2014/0535
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