Birch Tree House 129 Chapel Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6RY
Approved on 5 February 2026
Council decision: Planning Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Proposed 2 storey rear extension
- Received
- 7 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- North Meols & Hesketh Bank Ward
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated11 Dec
- Consult.Consultation10 Dec
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Birch Tree House 129 Chapel Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6RY. 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 has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across North Meols & Hesketh Bank 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 6RY
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hesketh-with-Becconsall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 19 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- ODC
- Agent address
- Trafford Buildings Preston PR25 3NJ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kieran Payne
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14472037
- Documents
- 8
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: 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: West Lancashire
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