Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN

07/2024/00429/DISDischarge of conditionsWithdrawn

Discharge / amendments

Withdrawn on 29 October 2024

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Discharge of condition 22 (Lidl section phase 1A only) pursuant to permission 07/2020/01034/ORM for phased development comprising: the erection of a retail store (Use Class E) with associated access, car parking, electricity sub-station re-location, landscaping and servicing and delivery areas (Phase 1a); the erection of 120 dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated access off the Cross Borough Link Road, car parking, public open space, landscaping, and associated engineering and infrastructure works (Phase 1b); and Outline planning permission, with all matters reserved except for access, for a phased residential development comprising the erection of up to 181 dwellings (Phases 2 & 3).

Received: 12 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: South Ribble Borough Council
Ward: Middleforth
Agent: Rapleys LLP

ReceivedReceived12 Jun
ValidatedValidated12 Jun
Consult.Consultation24 Jul
TargetTarget Date27 Nov
DecidedDecided29 Oct

Decided in 139 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN. South Ribble has handled 387 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 139 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 19 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Middleforth. We hold 1,750 applications in total for the PR1 postcode area.

98% of conditions 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: PR1 9SN
Application type: Discharge of conditions
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 120
Parish: Penwortham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 June 2024
Consultation expiry: 24 July 2024
Consultation start: 2 July 2024
Consultation end: 24 July 2024
Last date for comments: 24 July 2024
Target decision date: 27 November 2024
Permission expires: 29 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Rapleys LLP
Agent address: York House York Street Manchester M2 3BB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer: Mrs Debbie Roberts
Statutory period: 168 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13145690
Documents: 67
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Brownfield land register: Vernon Carus Site/Penwortham Mills, Factory Lane - Phase 3Register site at or near this address · +1 more

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, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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