Unit 8 Longton Business Park Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE
Approved on 10 October 2022
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from class B2 to class E
- Received
- 12 August 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Hoole
- Agent
- Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
- ReceivedReceived12 Aug
- ValidatedValidated17 Aug
- Consult.Consultation22 Sep
- TargetTarget Date12 Oct
- DecidedDecided10 Oct
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 8 Longton Business Park Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE. South Ribble has handled 2,028 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.
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 5LE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Little Hoole Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 August 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 22 September 2022
- Consultation start
- 31 August 2022
- Consultation end
- 22 September 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 August 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 September 2022
- Last date for comments
- 22 September 2022
- Target decision date
- 12 October 2022
- Permission expires
- 10 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Wignalls Chartered Surveyors
- Agent address
- 311 Hesketh Lane Tarleton Preston Preston PR4 6RJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11472259
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: South RibblePart of the site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: South Ribble
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