Penwortham Girls High School Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR

07/2024/00585/SCEScreening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 September 2024

Council decision: EAI Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

EIA screening opinion request in respect of a full planning application for the erection of a replacement secondary school with associated playing fields, landscaping, drainage, access and parking and subsequent demolition of existing buildings

Received: 7 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 5
Council: South Ribble Borough Council
Ward: Broad Oak

ReceivedReceived7 Aug
ValidatedValidated7 Aug
Consult.Consultation30 Aug
TargetTarget Date11 Sep
DecidedDecided10 Sep

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Penwortham Girls High School Cop Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 0SR. South Ribble has handled 496 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Broad Oak. We hold 1,750 applications in total for the PR1 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: PR1 0SR
Application type: Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Penwortham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 30 August 2024
Consultation start: 8 August 2024
Consultation end: 30 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 8 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 30 August 2024
Last date for comments: 30 August 2024
Target decision date: 11 September 2024
Permission expires: 10 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address: DPP Planning One Park Row Leeds LS1 5HN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Documents: 12
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Green belt: South RibbleNext to the site

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, 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

2024
7 Aug
EIA screening opinion request in respect of a full planning application for the erection of a replacement…
This applicationApprovedOutline07/2024/00585/SCE
2024
2 Aug
Erection of a replacement secondary school with associated playing fields, landscaping, drainage, access and…
ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside07/2024/00575/FUL

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Ribble

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