16 Westfield Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AT
Approved on 8 May 2026
Council decision: Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed use of a residential dwellinghouse (c3(a) use) to children's care home for 2 children admitted to the home from age 8 to 17 years (c2 use) with 24 hour care provided by 2 main staff (with a potential for 3 members if required) daily, this does not include the manager who will visit the home.
- Received
- 11 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Coupe Green and Gregson Lane
- Agent
- Fish Associates LTD
- ReceivedReceived11 Mar
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation15 Apr
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 16 Westfield Drive Hoghton Preston Lancashire PR5 0AT. South Ribble has handled 496 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Coupe Green and Gregson Lane. We hold 853 applications in total for the PR5 postcode area.
95% of outline 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 0AT
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use/ Dev. Proposed
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 15 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 15 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 15 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Fish Associates LTD
- Architect profile
- FISH ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 216 St Georges Road Bolton Greater Manchester BL1 2PH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jessica Jarman
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: South RibblePart of the site
- 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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