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2 Station Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6SN

2023/0780/FULFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 21 November 2023

Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of shop (Use Class E) to hot food takeaway (sui generis) and installation of external plant and ventilation and extraction equipment and minor external works.

Received
23 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tarleton Village Ward
Agent
Pegasus Group
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Station Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6SN. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Tarleton Village Ward. We hold 2,076 applications in total for the PR4 postcode area.

87% of full applications at West Lancashire Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PR4 6SN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hesketh-with-Becconsall

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2023
Consultation expiry
28 November 2023
Consultation start
7 November 2023
Consultation end
28 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
28 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Group
Agent address
Queens House Queen Street Manchester M2 5HT

Planning decision

Case officer
Feargal McEvoy

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12302813
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: West Lancashire

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