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Holmes Methodist Church Park Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JN

2026/0347/FULApproved

Approved on 22 October 2026

Council decision: Planning Permission Granted10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from F1(f) Public worship or religious instruction (or in connection with such use) to C3 (a) Dwellinghouse

Received
27 April 2026
Ward
Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 167 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Holmes Methodist Church Park Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JN. West Lancashire has handled 2,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 16 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 136 applications across Burscough Bridge & Rufford Ward. We hold 2,076 applications in total for the PR4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PR4 6JN
Parish
Tarleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Kate Turner

Additional information

Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: West Lancashire

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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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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