Planning application
Brookfield Nurseries Guide Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6XS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Class R - Change of use from agricultural building to storage (Use Class B8).
As published by the council, reference 2026/0756/PNC
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0756/PNC
- Type
- Prior Notification - Change of Use
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 10 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 11 Sep 2026
- Ward
- North Meols & Hesketh Bank Ward
- Parish
- Hesketh-with-Becconsall
- Decision by
- Prior Notification 56 days
- Postcode
- PR4 6XS
Comment by 6 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Sefton through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
10 Sep 2026
Received by Sefton
-
11 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
24 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sefton took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Wignalls Chartered Surveyors Agent, a surveying firm
151 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils · 91% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Sefton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sefton decided prior approval applications in a median of 40 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
-
Arch House Farm Guide Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6XS
Two two storey and one single storey front extensions, rear single storey extension, first floor rear extension, demolition of the existing conservatory and replacement with a single storey extension, together with internal remodel, elevational and landscaping alterations.
Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 9 docsSmall domestic -
70 Shore Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6RD
Rear dormer extension to end terraced house.
Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer 6 docs -
70 Shore Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6RD
Rear dormer extension to end terraced house.
Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer 4 docs -
Bluebell House 11E Shore Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6RD
Proposed single storey side extension
Granted Full applications Extension 6 docsSmall domestic -
Bluebell House 11E Shore Road Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6RD
Proposed single storey side extension
Granted Full applications Extension 4 docsSmall domestic -
11 Belsfield Drive Hesketh Bank Preston Lancashire PR4 6YB
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Single storey rear extension.
Granted Lawful development Extension 10 docsSmall domestic
Other prior approval applications
In Sefton
-
2026/0671/PNH Granted
Gorsey Bank Rainford Road Bickerstaffe Ormskirk Lancashire L39 0HF
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Extension of dwellinghouse. Extension extends beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 7.86m. Maximum height of the extension 2.99m. Height of eaves of the extension 2.87m.
-
2026/0623/PNR Granted
Northern Packaging Uk Ltd Selby Place Stanley Industrial Estate Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 8EF
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required for the proposed - Installation of Solar PV system totalling 100 kWp
-
2026/0777/PNP Awaiting decision
Rose Farm Gorse Lane Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6LJ
Application for Determination as to Whether Prior Approval is Required for Details - Agricultural storage building.
-
2026/0718/PNP Refused
Bannister House Farm The Marshes Lane Mere Brow Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6JR
Application for Determination as to whether Prior Approval is Required for Details - Erection of agricultural storage building.
-
2026/0762/PNH Awaiting decision
111 Whalley Drive Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6RE
Application for determination as to whether prior approval of details is required - Extension of dwellinghouse. Extension extends beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by 6m. Maximum height of the extension 3m. Height of eaves of the extension 3m.