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Four Acres Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB

07/2018/7739/CLUCertificate of Lawful Use/Dev. ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 17 January 2019

Council decision: Consent GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for a Lawful development certificate for an existing use - Change of use of agricultural land and buildings to previously developed land

Received
22 October 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Longton and Hutton West
Agent
Acland Bracewell Surveyors Limited
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 87 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Four Acres Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB. South Ribble has handled 199 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 5 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Longton and Hutton West. We hold 2,076 applications in total for the PR4 postcode area.

98% of amendment 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 4SB
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev. Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Longton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2018
Consultation expiry
4 December 2018
Consultation start
6 November 2018
Consultation end
28 November 2018
Neighbour consultation start
31 October 2018
Neighbour consultation end
22 November 2018
Last date for comments
4 December 2018
Target decision date
17 December 2018
Permission expires
17 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acland Bracewell Surveyors Limited
Agent address
The Barrons Church Road Tarleton Preston PR4 6UP Lancashire

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 November 2018
Site notice end
4 December 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07346757
Documents
16
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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. 2022
    22 Jul

    Discharge of conditions pursuant to permission 07/2019/3091/OUT

    Conditions dischargedDischarge of conditions07/2022/00634/DIS
  2. 2022
    23 May

    Reserved matters application (apperance, scale, layout and landscaping) relating to permission…

    Approval with ConditionsReserved matters07/2022/00423/REM
  3. 2019
    13 Aug

    Application to discharge condition 5 (Dust Management Plan), 8 (Asbestos), 11 (Tree protection) of planning…

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions07/2019/8113/DIS
  4. 2019
    5 Apr

    Outline planning application for the erection 2No. detached two storey dwellings (Access applied for)

    Approval with ConditionsOutline Application07/2019/3091/OUT
  5. 2017
    5 Jul

    Outline application for 2 no. detached two-storey dwellings including details of access and layout.

    WithdrawnOutline Application07/2017/2002/OUT

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