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Lostock Hall High School Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UR

07/2024/00861/CLUCertificate of Lawful Use/Dev. ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 3 July 2025

Council decision: Consent GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Certificate of Existing Lawful Use of the outdoor tarmac courts for community use not associated with the operation of Lostock Hall Academy (Monday- Friday 5.00pm-9.00pm; Saturday 9.00am -12.30pm and Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm and School Holidays Monday - Friday 9.00am - 6.00pm) (by virtue of the courts being built and in continual use by various community groups outside of school hours for a continual period of over ten years; and Daytime use by community groups in school holiday periods for a period of over ten years.

Received
14 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Lostock Hall
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 231 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Lostock Hall High School Todd Lane North Lostock Hall Preston Lancashire PR5 5UR. South Ribble has handled 199 applications of this type. This one was decided in 231 days, 26 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Lostock Hall. We hold 853 applications in total for the PR5 postcode area.

98% of amendment 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 5UR
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev. Existing
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2024
Consultation expiry
26 December 2024
Consultation start
4 December 2024
Consultation end
26 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 December 2024
Last date for comments
26 December 2024
Target decision date
11 July 2025
Permission expires
3 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
WSP
Agent address
8 First Street Manchester M15 4RP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Lisa Matthewson
Statutory period
239 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12829107
Documents
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Local nature reserve: Preston JunctionNext to the site
  • 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 (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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Ribble

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