Wrea Lodge Dubside the Green Wrea Green PR4 2WQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/0344 - Change of Use Under Consideration

Proposal

Change of use of indoor swimming pool at rear of dwelling to mixed private and commercial use to allow the provision of swim school sessions and private lessons with teaching space, and erection of entrance canopy to side elevation (retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
28 May 2026
✓
Validated
12 Jun 2026
Decision
Target date was 7 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 138.

The consultation period closed on 18 Aug 2026.

Documents 22

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1650 m away: Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets; Inside the Wrea Green built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,000,000 in May 2013. Detached house, freehold.

31 May 2013£1,000,000
14 December 2005£1,500,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Fylde
Application type
Change of Use
Postcode
PR4 2WQ
Received
28 May 2026
Validated
12 Jun 2026
Ward
Wrea Green with Westby
Parish
Ribby with Wrea
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bramhalll Town Planning

Decision outlook

Day 138, past the statutory target. 71% of changes of use in Fylde are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

Day 13882 days past the 56-day target
44%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
7%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Fylde in the last twelve months, from validation. Fylde decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
16 Jun 2026
Comments by
18 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
30 Jun 2026
Committee
7 Oct 2026
Fylde
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#130 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Fylde ranks #184 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Fylde decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
96%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #11 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #17 of 296
60%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #184 of 296
49%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #220 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
43 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
28 decided
422
Total decisions
16 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.