Tunsteads Greenhalgh Lane Greenhalgh With Thistleton Lancashire PR4 3HL Data via plota.co.uk

25/0475 - Change of Use Approved

Proposal

Change of use of land to a yard used for the storage of civil plant vehicles (use class sui generis) including associated formation of hardstanding and construction of 3m high concrete barrier (retrospective application) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Aug 2025
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Validated
23 Oct 2025
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Approved
29 Apr 2026

Approved on 29 Apr 2026 · Committee · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Fylde Planning Committee on 29 Apr 2026. Earlier deferred on 25 Mar 2026.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • The application was granted for a change of use to a yard storing up to three civil plant vehicles, with hardstanding and a boundary barrier.
  • Vehicle movements are limited to set hours each day, with none on Sundays, to protect neighbouring occupiers.
  • Conditions restrict the site to vehicle storage only, with no industrial processing, and require approval of any external lighting.
Read how the committee decided What was approved and the conditions attached to it. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Fylde's committee minutes of 29 Apr 2026.

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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 £1,100,000 in September 2023. Other property, freehold.

15 September 2023£1,100,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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 3HL
Received
8 Aug 2025
Validated
23 Oct 2025
Ward
Rural North Fylde
Parish
Greenhalgh with Thistleton
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
29 Apr 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
MACMARSHALLS

How this decision compares

Decided in 188 days from validation, 114 days slower than Fylde's median of 74 for full applications. Approved, as 96% of full applications here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
9%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Fylde in the last twelve months, from validation. Fylde decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
24 Oct 2025
Comments by
2 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
12 Dec 2025
Committee
29 Apr 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.