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17 Greencroft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LA

07/2023/00108/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 26 April 2023

Council decision: Application WithdrawnPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from a Class C3 Dwellinghouse to Class C2 Children's Residential Care Home for up to two children aged 8-17 years with carers together with the conversion of garage into staff office and bathroom

Received
6 February 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
16
Ward
Middleforth
Agent
Graham Lea Architecture
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 17 Greencroft Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9LA. South Ribble has handled 2,028 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 79 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Middleforth. We hold 1,750 applications in total for the PR1 postcode area.

96% 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
PR1 9LA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penwortham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2023
Consultation expiry
15 March 2023
Consultation start
16 February 2023
Consultation end
10 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2023
Last date for comments
15 March 2023
Target decision date
3 April 2023
Committee meeting
27 April 2023
Permission expires
26 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Graham Lea Architecture
Architect profile
GRAHAM LEA ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Office 5 Newlands House, 60 Chainhouse Lane Whitestake Preston PR4 4LG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 February 2023
Site notice end
15 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11886830
Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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.

Source: South Ribble

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