Police Headquarters Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA

07/2025/00613/NMANon-Material amendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 August 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Hybrid planning application for redevelopment of Lancashire Constabulary Headquarters sites at Lindle Lane and Saunders Lane comprising, a) Full planning application (Masterplan phases 1-3) to develop Saunders Lane and Lindle Lane sites, - Phases 1 and 2 Saunders Lane, - Phase 3 Lindle Lane, b) Outline planning application relating to Masterplan Phases 4-7 for Saunders Lane site,

Received: 12 August 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Ribble Borough Council
Ward: New Longton and Hutton East

ReceivedReceived12 Aug
ValidatedValidated12 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date9 Sep
DecidedDecided20 Aug

Decided in 8 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Police Headquarters Saunders Lane Hutton Preston Lancashire PR4 5SA. South Ribble has handled 199 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 6 weeks quicker than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across New Longton and Hutton East. 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 5SA
Application type: Non-Material amendment
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hutton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 August 2025
Target decision date: 9 September 2025
Permission expires: 20 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: McBains
Agent address: 26 Finsbury Square Finwell House London United Kingdom EC2A 1DS

Planning decision

Case officer: Mrs Debbie Roberts
Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14246990
Comments: 0
Documents: 1
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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© 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.

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Ribble

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