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Land To The North And South Of School Lane Forton Lancashire

26/00078/OULMAJLargescale Major outlineApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 August 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)27 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Outline application for the erection of up to 195 dwellings, 1ha of employment, community centre and shop (Use Class A1) and associated infrastructure (following demolition of existing agricultural buildings) with access off School Lane applied for as a detailed matter (all other matters reserved) Pursuant to variation of condition 2a (Use restrictions) on planning permission 23/01031/OULMAJ.

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Wyresdale
Agent
Maybern Planning & Development Ltd
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target28 Apr
  5. Decided26 Aug

Decided in 208 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land To The North And South Of School Lane Forton Lancashire. Wyre has handled 364 applications of this type. This one was decided in 209 days, 21 weeks longer than Wyre's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Wyresdale.

71% of outline applications at Wyre Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Largescale Major outline
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
195
Parish
Forton

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation start
6 February 2026
Consultation end
27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 February 2026
Target decision date
28 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Maybern Planning & Development Ltd
Agent address
52a Bolton Street Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire BL0 9HX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
88 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
6 May 2026
Site notice start
8 April 2026
Site notice end
29 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14640236
Documents
10
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Throstles Nest, Whinney Brow Lane, FortonRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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.

© 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: Wyre

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