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Orchard House Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QN

07/2008/0477/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 20 February 2009

Council decision: ApprovalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two storey building providing 8 apartments (comprising 2 x 2 bed and 6 x 1 bed apartments) following demolition of existing dwelling. Formation of new access from Gill Lane to serve rear parking court

Received
11 June 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
14
Ward
Little Hoole and Much Hoole
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 249 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Orchard House Gill Lane Walmer Bridge Preston Lancashire PR4 5QN. South Ribble has handled 2,028 applications of this type. This one was decided in 254 days, 29 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,076 applications in total for the PR4 postcode area.

95% of full applications at South Ribble Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PR4 5QN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Hoole Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2008
Consultation expiry
11 July 2008
Consultation start
17 June 2008
Consultation end
9 July 2008
Neighbour consultation start
19 June 2008
Neighbour consultation end
9 July 2008
Last date for comments
21 July 2008
Target decision date
11 August 2008
Committee meeting
23 July 2008
Permission expires
20 February 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Cromwell Way Penwortham PR1 9SB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 June 2008
Site notice end
11 July 2008

Additional information

Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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