Planning application
Lancaster Cottage Brindle Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6YJ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use of existing dwellinghouse (C3 Use Class) to children's home (C2 Use Class), to provide care for up to 4no. children (3no. within the main dwelling and 1no. semi-independent child within an existing annexe above the existing garage) with 6no. members of staff working on a rota basis
As published by the council, reference 07/2026/00539/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 07/2026/00539/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Unknown
- Decision
- Refusal
- Received
- 16 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 16 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Bamber Bridge East
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- PR5 6YJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jul 2026
Received by South Ribble
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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8 Aug 2026
Status changed to Unknown
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4 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Refusal
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Graham Lea Architecture Agent, an architecture practice registered in Preston
Active · incorporated 2016 · Preston
30 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 85% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- ENV HEALTH
- HIGHWAYS
- HIGHWAYS
- CHILDREN AND FAMILIES COMMISSIONING RESPONSE
- LCC CHILDREN'S HOME MARKET POSITION STATEMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- APPENDIX 2
- APPENDIX 1
- GL676
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
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South Ribble refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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