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Oak Field Farm Ratcliffe Wharf Lane Forton Preston Lancashire PR3 0AN

25/00894/FULMAJMajor Full smallscaleApproved
Full

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a dairy cattle building (phase 1 of a 2 phase plan)

Received
29 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Garstang
Agent
M L Planning
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target8 Feb
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 183 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Oak Field Farm Ratcliffe Wharf Lane Forton Preston Lancashire PR3 0AN. Wyre has handled 426 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 19 weeks longer than Wyre's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Garstang. We hold 2,018 applications in total for the PR3 postcode area.

83% of full applications at Wyre Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PR3 0AN
Application type
Major Full smallscale
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Cabus

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Consultation expiry
17 March 2026
Consultation start
3 March 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Target decision date
8 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
M L Planning
Agent address
Office A Bradley Hill Garstang Road Claughton On Brock Preston PR3 0GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
88 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
7 January 2026
Site notice start
7 January 2026
Site notice end
28 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14446567
Documents
34
Constraints
45

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

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.

Source: Wyre

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