Grimsargh House Rest Home, Preston Road, Preston, PR2 5JE Data via plota.co.uk

06/2025/0986 - Early acknowledgement for demolition Approved

Proposal

Prior notification submission for the demolition of Grimsargh House Rest Home Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 18 Sept 2025
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Approved
14 Oct 2025
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Appeal allowed
28 Apr 2026

Approved on 14 Oct 2025 · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Inside the Grimsargh built-up area; Priority habitat about 17 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 17 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 British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Council
Preston
Application type
Early acknowledgement for demolition
Postcode
PR2 5JE
Received
around 18 Sept 2025
Validated
18 Sept 2025
Ward
Preston Rural East
Parish
Grimsargh
Case officer
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Decision
Prior approval not required
Decision date
14 Oct 2025
Appeal
Allowed · 28 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003724 ↗
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, 8 days faster than Preston's median of 34 for prior approvals. Approved, as 83% of prior approvals here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
33,433decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent prior approvals in Preston to go on. Preston decision record →

Preston
Planning Authority Score
6.2/10
Average
#92 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Preston ranks #118 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 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
Preston decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #90 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #21 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #118 of 296
46%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #202 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
70 decided (1-9 homes)
81%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
63 decided
653
Total decisions
50 refused in the year to March 2026