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

07/2025/00531/NMANon-Material amendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 October 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Non material amendment to update the phase 1 housing layout to include a sub station on application 07/2024/00368/VAR as approved by 07/2020/01034/ORM.

Received: 15 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Ribble Borough Council
Ward: Middleforth

ReceivedReceived15 Jul
ValidatedValidated29 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Oct
DecidedDecided14 Oct

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Vernon Carus Ltd Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN. South Ribble has handled 199 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. 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 amendment applications at South Ribble Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode: PR1 9SN
Application type: Non-Material amendment
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Penwortham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 July 2025
Target decision date: 17 October 2025
Permission expires: 14 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Mrs Debbie Roberts
Statutory period: 80 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14169431
Comments: 0
Documents: 6
Constraints: 4

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
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.

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.

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

Associated applications

Planning history at this site

17 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Ribble

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near PR1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

View all contractors

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your street Buying this property? Report on this address