Drumacre Hall Farm Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB
Approved on 15 September 2026
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of existing C3 dwellinghouse to C2 children's home, to provide care for up to 3no. young persons with all associated facilities.
- Received
- 18 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 3 November 2026
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Longton and Hutton West
- Agent
- MacMarshalls Chartered Surveyors & Planning Consultants
- ReceivedReceived18 Apr
- ValidatedValidated18 Apr
- Consult.Consultation7 Jun
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided15 Sep
Decided in 515 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Drumacre Hall Farm Drumacre Lane West Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 4SB. South Ribble has handled 2,028 applications of this type. This one was decided in 515 days, 67 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 82 applications across Longton and Hutton West. We hold 2,076 applications in total for the PR4 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
- PR4 4SB
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Longton Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 20 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 7 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 20 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MacMarshalls Chartered Surveyors & Planning Consultants
- Agent address
- Hamill House 112- 116 Chorley New Road Bolton BL14DH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 273 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13924179
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 5
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.
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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Source: South Ribble
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