During 2019, Growth Lancashire began to provide Preston City Council with heritage and conservation services. Principally, the arrangement between the two organisations is to support the Council’s Development Management team. As part of the ongoing service, and on behalf of the Council, Growth
Lancashire was asked to provide advice on a Planning Application (Listed Building Consent) for Bank Hall Farm, located in Broughton, Preston.
The Heritage Statement submitted by the Applicant to support the Listed Building Consent observes that the building’s heritage significance is high and warrants its listing
at grade II. The property dates in part from the early/mid-17th century, with a number of phases of development, as tastes and fashion dictated.
The advisory role provided by Growth Lancashire gave the Council the information and confidence it required in order to grant approval for works to a residential dwelling which had been unoccupied for a number of years, and had fallen into a state of disrepair.
The approval allows the owners to fully rehabilitate the building and provide the benefits that will accrue from the premises once again becoming occupied.