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Planning appeals in Preston

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One authority from the free search of every English planning appeal since 2016, searchable by words or by meaning.

Appeals the Planning Inspectorate has decided in Preston since 2016, refreshed nightly. A decision the Inspectorate published without naming the authority in a form we can match is listed under its own address instead. Type a topic into the free search to read how Inspectors have reasoned here.

The Planning Inspectorate has decided 182 planning appeals in Preston since 2016, of which 20% were allowed. In the last twelve months there were 24 decisions, 33% allowed. The median time from receipt of an appeal to its decision is 22 weeks. Figures as at 29 October 2026, from the Inspectorate's published decisions.

183

appeals on record since 2016

20%

of decided appeals allowed

22 wks

median receipt to decision

decisions in the last 12 months, 33% allowed

By appeal type

Householder35 decided

3% allowed

Minor85 decided

16% allowed

Major18 decided

33% allowed

Commercial10 decided

30% allowed

Enforcement20 decided

30% allowed

Other13 decided

54% allowed

Not classified2 decided

0% allowed

By procedure

Written representations161 decided

17% allowed

Hearings6 decided

17% allowed

Inquiries16 decided

50% allowed

Every decision, by year

2026 · 16 · 25% allowed 2025 · 30 · 33% allowed 2024 · 7 · 43% allowed 2023 · 13 · 0% allowed 2022 · 21 · 14% allowed 2021 · 19 · 26% allowed 2020 · 22 · 5% allowed 2019 · 16 · 13% allowed 2018 · 18 · 18% allowed 2017 · 15 · 13% allowed 2016 · 6 · 67% allowed

Latest decisions in Preston

Dismissed29 September 2026· advert6012249
Land Outside 81 Fishergate, Preston, PR1 2UH
Installation of 1no. new communications kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display
Dismissed29 September 20266012248
Land Outside 81 Fishergate, Preston, PR1 2UH
Installation of 1no. new communications kiosk with integrated defibrillator and advertising display
Dismissed28 September 20266009669
10 Broadgate, Preston, PR1 8DX
Change of Use from a 5 Bedroom Dwelling class use C3 to a 6 Bedroom HMO class C4
Dismissed25 September 2026· minor6006018
454 Blackpool Road, Preston, PR2 1HX
proposed new build to accommodate 3No. retail units (Class E) at ground floor level and 6No. apartments (Class C3) at upper floor level
Allowed10 August 2026· major6003578
Land to the South of Whittingham Lane & West of James Towers Way, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5DD
outline planning application seeking approval for access only from Whittingham Lane (all other matters reserved) for the erection of a care home (up to 4,700 sqm), a community building (up to 400 sq m), residential development (up to 167dwellings) and land reserved for primary school with associated works to include landscaping and green infrastructure
Dismissed27 May 2026· minor6004940
St Andrews Preschool Ashton, Tulketh Road, Preston, PR2 1EQ
proposed baby unit building
Dismissed18 May 2026· major6002018
Garstang Road, Broughton, PR3 5LQ
outline planning application with all matters reserved except for site access for the erection of up to 95 dwellings (including affordable housing), with public open space (including children’s play areas), landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SuDS)
Dismissed24 March 2026· minor6003019
169, Sharoe Green Lane, Preston, PR2 8HE
Installation of hardstanding and alterations to form extension to existing car park to provide 65no parking spaces in total including erection of front boundary treatment and fence to north and west
Dismissed23 February 2026· major6001158
Land East of Former Swainson Farm, Goosnargh Lane, Preston, PR3 2JU
outline planning application for a residential development comprising up to 95 dwellings (access to be considered and all other matters reserved)
Dismissed13 February 2026· householder6003193
1A Arnside Road,, Broughton, Preston, --None--, PR3 5JH
the addition of a first floor to an existing bungalow, the works will involve extending the height of the walls increasing the height to the ridge level, the works are to create improved accommodation for a disabled person to the ground floor and separate carer’s space
Dismissed13 February 2026· householder6003121
Camforth Hall Barn, Camforth Hall Lane, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2EH
erection of 2 storey rear extension
Allowed13 February 2026· ldc3368735
Gafoor Pure Halal Ltd , Fletcher Road, Preston, PR1 5AJ
Certificate of lawful use or development for breach of Condition 3 of planning permission 06/2000/0361 (restricting hours of operation, deliveries and processes) at a poultry processing site
Dismissed2 February 2026· ldc3373202
3, The Triangle, Preston, PR2 8LJ
use of a private swimming pool which resides within an existing dwellinghouse, to provide private swimming classes incidental/ancillary to the enjoyment and nature of the existing dwellinghouse
Allowed8 January 2026· advert3373408
Footpath Outside 120 Friargate, Avenham, PR1 2EE
installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit
Allowed8 January 2026· minor3373407
Footpath Outside 120 Friargate, Avenham, PR1 2EE
installation of 1No. BT Street Hub Unit and associated advertisement panels on either side of the unit

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are computed from decisions the Planning Inspectorate has published for this authority area and refresh with the record; decisions without a published letter or a recorded authority may be missing. This page is research, not advice. Verify against the Inspectorate’s own record before relying on a decision. What is in the record.