Balls Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB
Approved on 11 August 2022
Council decision: Consent GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a lawful development certificate for an existing change of use of land and buildings from agricultural use to storage of household and garden materials/implements associated with Langdale and Balls Farmhouse and storage of equipment associated with the applicant's electrical business
- Received
- 23 May 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Hoole
- Agent
- MacMarshalls Chartered Rural Surveyors & Planning Consult...
- ReceivedReceived23 May
- ValidatedValidated23 May
- Consult.Consultation2 Jul
- TargetTarget Date19 Aug
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Balls Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB. South Ribble has handled 199 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Hoole. 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 5JB
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev. Existing
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Little Hoole Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 May 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 2 July 2022
- Consultation start
- 10 June 2022
- Consultation end
- 2 July 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 June 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 July 2022
- Last date for comments
- 2 July 2022
- Target decision date
- 19 August 2022
- Permission expires
- 11 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MacMarshalls Chartered Rural Surveyors & Planning Consult...
- Agent address
- MacMarshalls Ltd Hamill House 112-116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL1 4DH undefined
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 88 days
Site constraints
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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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20259 Aug
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness to confirm the demolition of a building shows a material start…
ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Use/Dev. Existing07/2025/00609/CLU - 202313 Feb
Application to Discharge Condition Nos. 7 (RAM Method Statement) and 9 (Enhancement Plan) of planning…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions07/2023/00128/DIS - 202227 Sep
Proposed demolition of two existing storage buildings and erection of a replacement building for commercial…
Approval with ConditionsFull Application07/2022/00797/FUL - 20201 Apr
Change of use of agricultural building to store up to 25 classic/antique/collectable cars
ApprovedPD Agricultural buildings to other uses07/2020/00327/APD - 202017 Jan
Change of use of the subject building and curtilage from a general purpose agricultural storage building to a…
RefusedPD Agricultural buildings to other uses07/2020/00042/APD - 201922 May
Installation of 1x 10m wooden pole (8.2M above ground)
ApprovedPermitted Development to Masts/Telecoms07/2019/4961/PDTEL - 201626 Oct
Application for prior notification for the erection of a agricultural storage buidling for hay and machinery
ApprovedAgricultural Determination07/2016/0982/ADE
Source: South Ribble
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- Balls Farm Brook Lane Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5JB07/2022/00797/FUL · FullApproved0.0 mi
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