Whitestake Farm 247 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR
Approved on 22 October 2025
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions
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Proposal
Conversion of existing detached triple garage to form 1 no. self-build dwelling, including associated external alterations
- Received
- 16 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- New Longton and Hutton East
- Agent
- Evoke Architecture
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Sep
- Consult.Consultation11 Oct
- TargetTarget Date11 Nov
- DecidedDecided22 Oct
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Whitestake Farm 247 Pope Lane Whitestake Preston Lancashire PR4 4JR. South Ribble has handled 2,028 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than South Ribble's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 4JR
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Longton Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 19 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 22 October 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Evoke Architecture
- Architect profile
- EVOKE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- 16 Bridge Street Row West Chester CH1 1NN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Charlotte Greenhow
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 September 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 22 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 14 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14317638
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 2
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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