Moor Hey School Far Croft Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SS
Approved on 11 April 2025
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsPlanning committee23 conditions
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Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a two-storey educational building (Use Class F1(a)) containing roof top photovoltaic (PV) panels, erection of a separate canopy structure covered by PV Panels, installation of ground source heat pumps, provision of hard and soft landscaping, car parking, cycle parking and revised pedestrian access.
- Received
- 4 November 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 20
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Charnock
- ReceivedReceived4 Nov
- ValidatedValidated15 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Feb
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided11 Apr
Decided in 147 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Moor Hey School Far Croft Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5SS. South Ribble has handled 2,028 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 16 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Charnock. We hold 853 applications in total for the PR5 postcode area.
95% of full 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 5SS
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Penwortham Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Iceni Projects
- Agent address
- Iceni Projects WeWork Dalton Place 29 John Dalton Street Manchester M2 6FW United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lisa Matthewson
- Statutory period
- 153 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 November 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 December 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13491175
- Documents
- 104
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 (22)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Associated applications
- 202618 Jul
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ApprovedDischarge of conditions07/2026/00065/DIS - 202522 Apr
Discharge of conditons no. 3 (Materials); 4 (Surface Water Drainage); 5 (Construction Surface Water…
Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2025/00292/DIS - 20244 Nov
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This applicationApprovedFull07/2024/00831/FUL
Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201915 Nov
Erection of an extension to provide 3no. classrooms, art room, toilets, medical room and new drop off layby
ApprovedCounty MatterLCC/07/2019/00062 - 201811 May
Erection of a single storey building to provide 2no classrooms and 2no offices following demolition of…
Approval with ConditionsFull Application07/2018/3085/FUL - 201724 Jan
Extension of existing parking arrangements to form an additional 12 No. parking spaces and a minor extension…
ApprovedCounty MatterLCC/07/2017/0006 - 201423 Oct
Car park and access track to the west of existing school buildings.
ApprovedCounty MatterLCC/07/2014/0147 - 201416 Jul
Proposed car park and access track to the west of existing school buildings
ApprovedCounty MatterLCC/07/2014/0113 - 201421 May
Single storey infill extension
Approval with ConditionsFull Application07/2014/0340/FUL - 201024 Nov
Formation of external canopy to rear elevation
ApprovedCertificate of Lawful Use/ Dev. Proposed07/2010/0805/CLD
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