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Unit 2 Longton Business Park Station Road Little Hoole Preston Lancashire PR4 5LE

07/2023/01012/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 March 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsPlanning committee

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

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (CLASS B2)/STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION (CLASS B8) TO GYMNASTICS CENTRE (CLASS E) TOGETHER WITH ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT ELEVATION (SOUTH EASTERN FACING) TO CREATE A NEW GLAZED ENTRANCE AND A NEW ROLLER SHUTTER OPENING. NEW FIRE DOORS ARE PROPOSED IN THE SOUTH EASTERN AND SOUTH WESTERN ELEVATIONS.

Received
6 December 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Hoole
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 95 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 2 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 110 days, 9 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Medium
Parish
Little Hoole Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2023
Consultation expiry
12 January 2024
Consultation start
21 December 2023
Consultation end
12 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
21 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 January 2024
Last date for comments
12 January 2024
Target decision date
26 March 2024
Committee meeting
21 March 2024
Permission expires
25 March 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
96 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12655127
Documents
20
Constraints
2

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.

Source: South Ribble

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