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47A Church Road Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6UQ

2026/0008/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 21 July 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Construction of a new two-storey detatched dwelling

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tarleton Village Ward
Agent
Graham Lea Architecture
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 193 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 47A Church Road Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6UQ. West Lancashire has handled 1,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 20 weeks longer than West Lancashire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of its siting in close proximity to existing mature trees and the relationship this creates between the proposed dwelling, private garden area and adjacent retained trees, would result in an unacceptable level of overshadowing and a private outdoor amenity space that would be materially constrained in terms of its quality and usability for future occupiers. The proposal would also be likely to generate future pressure for pruning or removal of adjacent trees and fails to adequately respond to the arboricultural constraints of the site. Consequently, the development would fail to provide an acceptable standard of residential amenity for future occupiers, contrary to Policies GN3, RS1 and EN2 of the West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PR4 6UQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tarleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
13 January 2026
Consultation end
13 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Graham Lea Architecture
Architect profile
GRAHAM LEA ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Office 5 Newlands House, 60 Chainhouse Lane Whitestake Preston PR4 4LG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Eoin Burns

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14196041
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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