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Old School House Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP

07/2023/00640/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 October 2023

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for the erection of three detached houses (with all matters reserved)

Received
7 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Farington East
  1. Received7 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.13 Sep
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Old School House Old School Lane Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5XP. South Ribble has handled 496 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Farington East. We hold 853 applications in total for the PR5 postcode area.

95% of outline applications at South Ribble Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PR5 5XP
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Farington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2023
Consultation expiry
13 September 2023
Consultation start
22 August 2023
Consultation end
13 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
22 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 September 2023
Last date for comments
13 September 2023
Target decision date
27 October 2023
Permission expires
26 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Peter E Gilkes & Company
Agent address
44 Market Street CHORLEY PR7 2SE

Planning decision

Statutory period
66 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12366273
Documents
13
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Oct

    Reserved Matters relating to access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to outline planning…

    PendingReserved mattersRelated07/2026/00740/REM
  2. 2023
    7 Aug

    Outline application for the erection of three detached houses (with all matters reserved)

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsOutline07/2023/00640/OUT

Source: South Ribble

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