Greenacres 57 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD

07/2011/0428/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 19 August 2011

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use from existing single storey building (Ancillary to dwelling) to (Class C3) Dwelling House including the formation of a new vehicular access

Received: 20 June 2011
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: South Ribble Borough Council
Ward: Farington West
Agent: Phil Walsh Architectural Services

ReceivedReceived20 Jun
ValidatedValidated30 Jun
Consult.Consultation3 Aug
TargetTarget Date25 Aug
DecidedDecided19 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Greenacres 57 Chain House Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4LD. South Ribble has handled 2,028 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Farington West. 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 4LD
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Farington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 June 2011
Consultation expiry: 10 August 2011
Consultation start: 12 July 2011
Consultation end: 3 August 2011
Neighbour consultation start: 12 July 2011
Neighbour consultation end: 3 August 2011
Last date for comments: 10 August 2011
Target decision date: 25 August 2011
Permission expires: 19 August 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Phil Walsh Architectural Services
Agent address: 1 Regent Park Fulwood Preston PR2 9WX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 19 July 2011
Site notice end: 10 August 2011

Additional information

Documents: 8
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: South Ribble
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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Source: South Ribble

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