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Guild Park, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JH

EI/2011/0004EI Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 September 2011

Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment not required

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

Proposal

Request for a formal screening opinion under Regulation 5 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999, proposed conversion of church (Class D1) to a community sports facility (Class D2/D1)

Submitted
9 May 2011
Ward
Preston Rural North (pre-2019)
  1. Received9 May
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 116 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Guild Park, Whittingham Lane, Whittingham, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2JH. Preston has handled 264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 10 weeks longer than Preston's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 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 2JH
Application type
EI Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Whittingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
HOW Planning LLP, M2 5GP

Additional information

Documents
2

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2011
    23 Nov

    Erection of 1no. single storey extension to Fairsnape Medium Secure Unit and 1no. single storey extension to…

    Approval with conditionsFull application06/2011/0921
  2. 2011
    18 May

    Listed Building Consent to carry out internal alterations including the installation of solid concrete…

    Approval with conditionsListed building consent06/2011/0415
  3. 2011
    18 May

    Change of use from place of worship (Class D1) to community/sports facility (Classes D2/D1)

    Approval with conditionsFull application06/2011/0414
  4. 2010
    22 Dec

    Listed Building Consent for internal propping of roof structures, removal of pulpit and disassembled pews…

    Approval with conditionsListed building consent06/2010/0921
  5. 2008
    22 Aug

    Erection of single storey 30 bedroom low secure unit with secure link to existing medium secure facility, car…

    Approval with conditionsFull application (major)06/2008/0692

Source: Preston

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