Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN
Approved on 15 June 2026
Council decision: Part DischargedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Discharge of conditions 14 (pre-occupation surface water drainage - Lidl Parcel only) of permission 07/2024/00296/VAR for Variation of condition 2 (Lidl phase 1A only) of permission 07/2020/01034/ORM for 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
- 23 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Ward
- Middleforth
- Agent
- Rapleys LLP
- ReceivedReceived23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated23 Mar
- Consult.Consultation16 Apr
- TargetTarget Date31 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Jun
Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Land At Penwortham Mills Factory Lane Penwortham Preston Lancashire PR1 9SN. South Ribble has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than South Ribble's typical decision time. 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.
98% of conditions 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
- Discharge of conditions
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 120
- Parish
- Penwortham Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 25 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 July 2026
- Permission expires
- 15 June 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Rapleys LLP
- Agent address
- York House York Street Manchester M2 3BB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mrs Debbie Roberts
- Statutory period
- 130 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14801632
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
20 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Oct
Discharge of condition 18 pursuant to permission 07/2025/00184/VAR
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Advertisement consent for 6x flag poles and 2x stack signage.
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Variation of conditions relating to the hybrid planning permission 07/2025/00184/VAR
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Approval of layout, scale, appearance and landscaping (reserved matters) of 154 dwellings, public open space…
PendingReserved matters07/2025/00886/REM - 202516 Oct
Advertisement consent for 5x flagpoles and 2 v-stack signs.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent07/2025/00823/ADV - 202522 Aug
Erection of 2x V Stack and 5x Flagpoles
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Non material amendment to update the phase 1 housing layout to include a sub station on application…
ApprovedNon-material amendment07/2025/00531/NMA - 202510 Jul
Non material amendment to change brick type approved by permission 07/2024/00368/VAR
ApprovedNon-material amendment07/2025/00512/NMA - 202520 Jun
Discharge of conditions 19 (Street Management and Maintenance) and 35 (Ecology Surveys) and the partial…
Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2025/00457/DIS - 202523 May
Discharge of conditions 4 (site investigations), 8 (Piling), 12 (Sustainable Drainage Strategy), 22 (Site…
Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2025/00366/DIS - 202529 Apr
Discharge of conditions 10 (dust management), 11 (construction method statement), 13 (construction surface…
Part DischargedDischarge of conditions07/2025/00309/DIS - 202513 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 - 202528 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 - 202424 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 - 202423 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 - 202412 Jun
Discharge of condition 22 (Lidl section phase 1A only) pursuant to permission 07/2020/01034/ORM
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