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25 The Pennines, Preston, PR2 9GB
Rear extension
Harris Knowledge Park, Garstang Road, Preston, PR2 9XB
Amendment to planning permission 06/2021/1604 comprising of the demolition of the non-listed Clayton Hall, Yew Tree and Pond House building, height increased on ground and first floor by 300mm and roo
21-29B & 31-39B, Hopwood Street, Preston, PR1 1UY
Prior notification submission for the demolition of 2no. blocks of flats
64, Colman Court, Preston, PR1 8DW
Single storey side/rear extension
1A, Arnside Road, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5JH
Increase in roof height of part of dwelling to provide first floor accommodation, removal of chimney, single storey extension to side and rear following demolition of existing garage, installation of
1A, Arnside Road, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5JH
Single storey extension to side and rear following demolition of existing garage, installation of rooflights, and installation of replacement windows
221, Garstang Road, Preston, PR2 8JP
Detached garage and new entrance gates following demolition of existing detached garage
Frontage Trees at Monument Vale Site, Garstang Road, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5JA
Request for the making of a tree preservation order
10-16, Marsh Lane, Preston, PR1 2XH
Change of use of land to a public car park, including the provision of car parking spaces, Electric Vehicle charging facilities, and associated infrastructure
38, Layton Road, Preston, PR2 1PU
Amendment to planning permission 06/2026/0421 comprising of amendment to the footprint of the extension, reduced in width and slight increase in length and amendments to internal alterations (non-mate
8, St Edwards Chase, Preston, PR2 3BF
Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump to the property
4 Bird Street, Preston, PR1 8DY
Certificate of lawful use for the existing use of the property as two separate self-contained residential flats (Use Class C3), each occupied as an independent dwellinghouse for a period in excess of
62, Chapman Road, Preston, PR2 8NY
First floor side extension, following removal of side dormers, and single storey extension and raised patio to rear
Hollythorn 108, Whittingham Lane, Preston, PR3 5DD
Porch canopy and bay to front, two-storey/first floor rear extension, single sto
15, Lower Bank Road, Preston, PR2 8NS
Crown reduce approximately 4m to the side of 1no Beech tree
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When Preston City Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Preston City Council, raw rate
20.6%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
29%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
8.4 percentage points below expected. Preston City Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
179 appeals counted, 175 judged either way (36 allowed, 139 dismissed), 4 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-08 to 2026-05.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 107 | 107 | 20 | 18.7% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 32 | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | 35.6% |
| Enforcement Notice | 15 | 15 | 6 | 40% | 13.5% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 10 | 10 | 3 | 30% | 33.3% |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 5 | 4 | 0 | Too few judged | 8.1% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 5 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 36.9% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 3 | 3 | 3 | Too few judged | 36% |
| Called In Planning Application | 1 | 1 | 1 | Too few judged | 72.4% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 1 | 0 | 0 | None judged | 20.6% |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Preston City Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.
Preston City Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Preston City Council planning portal.
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months. A guide, not a guarantee.
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