White Gables Poplar Avenue Longton Preston Lancashire PR4 5PA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed change of use from (Use Class C3a) to C2 as a children's care home for a maximum of two children aged between 7 and 17 years old Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 1 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 11 October 2026. 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 1
Last sold for £140,000 in June 2022. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- South Ribble
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use/ Dev. Proposed
- Postcode
- PR4 5PA
- Received
- 23 Sept 2025
- Validated
- 6 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Longton and Hutton West
- Parish
- Longton Parish Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 1 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Certificate Granted
- Decision date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 1 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002559 ↗
- Agent
- PWA Planning
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 13 days slower than South Ribble's median of 43 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 98% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by South Ribble in the last twelve months, from validation. South Ribble decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 11 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14327527
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14327527
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
13 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
South Ribble is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #79 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 99% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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