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Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN

07/2025/00886/REMReserved MattersAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Approval of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping (reserved matters) of 154 dwellings, public open space, internal estate roads and related infrastructure as part of the hybrid planning application (ref. 07/2020/01034/ORM) - Full planning permission for a 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
13 November 2025
Decision due
30 April 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1 · last counted 19 October 2026
Ward
Middleforth
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN. South Ribble has handled 496 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 7 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.

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 9SN
Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
154
Parish
Penwortham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Consultation expiry
19 May 2026
Consultation start
21 November 2025
Consultation end
19 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
13 December 2025
Last date for comments
24 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Ship Canal House 98 King Street Manchester North West England M2 4WU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Debbie Roberts
Statutory period
168 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
18 December 2025
Site notice start
2 December 2025
Site notice end
24 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14183661
Documents
176
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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 Nov

    Approval of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping (reserved matters) of 154 dwellings, public open space…

    This applicationPendingReserved matters07/2025/00886/REM
  2. 2025
    10 Jul

    Non material amendment to change brick type approved by permission 07/2024/00368/VAR

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment07/2025/00512/NMA
  3. 2025
    20 Jun

    Discharge of conditions 19 (Street Management and Maintenance) and 35 (Ecology Surveys) and the partial…

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2025/00457/DIS
  4. 2025
    23 May

    Discharge of conditions 4 (site investigations), 8 (Piling), 12 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy), 22 (Site…

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2025/00366/DIS
  5. 2025
    29 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 10 (dust management), 11 (construction method statement), 13 (construction surface…

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2025/00309/DIS
  6. 2025
    13 Mar

    Variation of condition 2 to allow redesign of section within Phase 1b of planning permission 07/2024/00368/VAR

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)07/2025/00184/VAR
  7. 2025
    28 Jan

    Discharge of conditions 4d, 16, 33 and 40 (Lidl section only) pursuant to permission 07/2024/00368/VAR

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2025/00050/DIS
  8. 2024
    24 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 10,11,13 and 30 (Lidl section only) pursuant to permission 07/2024/00368/VAR

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2024/00811/DIS
  9. 2024
    23 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 12,14,16 and 22 (Lidl section only) pursuant to permission 07/2024/00368/VAR

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2024/00812/DIS
  10. 2024
    12 Jun

    Discharge of condition 22 (Lidl section phase 1A only) pursuant to permission 07/2020/01034/ORM

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions07/2024/00429/DIS
  11. 2024
    29 May

    Discharge of condition 12 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy) imposed on permission 07/2020/01034/ORM

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2024/00400/DIS
  12. 2024
    20 May

    Variation of conditions to allow phasing only of phases 1a,1b, 2 and 3 (no technical or physical changes) as…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)07/2024/00368/VAR
  13. 2024
    23 Apr

    Variation of condition 2 (Lidl phase 1A only) of permission 07/2020/01034/ORM

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)07/2024/00296/VAR
  14. 2024
    4 Apr

    Discharge of condition 4 imposed on permission 07/2020/01034/ORM

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2024/00256/DIS
  15. 2020
    8 Dec

    Full planning permission for a phased development comprising: the erection of a retail store (Use Class E)…

    ApprovedOutline with some matters reservedPart of07/2020/01034/ORM

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    30 Oct

    Discharge of condition 18 pursuant to permission 07/2025/00184/VAR

    PendingDischarge of conditions07/2026/00796/DIS
  2. 2026
    8 Jul

    Discharge of condition 30 pursuant to permissiomn 07/2025/00184/VAR

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions07/2026/00509/DIS
  3. 2026
    2 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 9,10, 12 and 13 pursuant to permission 07/2025/00184/VAR

    RefusedDischarge of conditions07/2026/00264/DIS
  4. 2026
    23 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 14 (pre-occupation surface water drainage - Lidl Parcel only) of permission…

    Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2026/00233/DIS
  5. 2025
    21 Nov

    Advertisement consent for 6x flag poles and 2x stack signage.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent07/2025/00928/ADV
  6. 2025
    13 Nov

    Variation of conditions relating to the hybrid planning permission 07/2025/00184/VAR

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)07/2025/00884/VAR

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