Amethyst Court Aptus Business Park Preston PR5 6BZ
Approved on 6 October 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions10 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from Class B8 (Storage and Distribution) to Class B2 (General Industrial) together with the installation of 1no. nitrogen storage tank and 1no. fire suppressant storage tank within the eastern part of the service yard (including associated plant, pipework and infrastructure), the installation of vehicle barriers surrounding the tanks and dock leveller, the installation of 1no. dock leveller together with a new roller shutter door and surround to an existing rear loading bay
- Received
- 11 June 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 7 November 2026
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Farington East
- ReceivedReceived11 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation15 Jul
- TargetTarget Date7 Oct
- DecidedDecided6 Oct
Decided in 117 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Amethyst Court Aptus Business Park Preston PR5 6BZ. South Ribble has handled 3,874 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 10 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Farington East. We hold 853 applications in total for the PR5 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- PR5 6BZ
- Parish
- Farington Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 15 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mr Chris Sowerby
Additional information
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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.
© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
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