47 Watkin Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RE
Approved on 7 January 2026
Council decision: Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for Lawful Development Certificate for change use from C3 dwellinghouse to C4 small HMO (5-bed).
- Received
- 14 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Lostock Hall
- Agent
- Veritas Planning
- ReceivedReceived14 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date8 Feb
- DecidedDecided7 Jan
Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 47 Watkin Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5RE. South Ribble has handled 199 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Ribble's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Lostock Hall. We hold 853 applications in total for the PR5 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
- PR5 5RE
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev. Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 8 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 7 January 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Veritas Planning
- Agent address
- PO Box 305 Manchester M21 3BQ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Fiona Hope
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Source: South Ribble
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