Woodfield House Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH
Approved on 8 May 2026
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
Proposed full demolition of the existing coach house and its replacement with a new replacement Coach House to provide garage spaces at ground floor level, with ancillary residential accommodation on the first floor. Additional amendments to the scheme include the introduction of an external brick wall extending from the coach house and driveway.
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Broad Oak
- Agent
- David Cox Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation11 Mar
- TargetTarget Date8 May
- DecidedDecided8 May
Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Woodfield House Hill Road Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9XH. South Ribble has handled 2,028 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.
96% 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
- PR1 9XH
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Penwortham Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 8 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- David Cox Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- DAVID COX ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- David Cox Architects Ltd 1 Ribblesdale Place Preston Lancashire PR1 3NA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lisa Matthewson
- Statutory period
- 92 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14657314
- Documents
- 32
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of 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 (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.
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
- 202610 Jun
Discharge of Condition no 4 (Replacement Tree Scheme) of planning permission 07/2026/00090/HOH
ApprovedDischarge of conditions07/2026/00435/DIS - 20265 Feb
Proposed full demolition of the existing coach house and its replacement with a new replacement Coach House…
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20187 Jun
Erection of detached single storey building to provide a consultation room for use as a chiropodist (Use…
WithdrawnFull Application07/2018/3818/FUL - 201823 May
Demolition of existing single storey rear extension to main house, erection of replacement single storey rear…
Approval with ConditionsHouseholder07/2018/3412/HOH
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