Land To The North And South Of School Lane Forton Lancashire
Approved on 26 August 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions
Proposal
Reserved Matters Application (layout, appearance, landscaping and scale) for 184 dwellings relating to Outline Planning Application ref. 18/00469/OULMAJ. Pursuant to variation of conditions 1 (Plans), 3 (Landscaping hard and soft), 5 (Boundary Treatments), 6 (Materials), 7 (Parking Layout), 8(Internal Roads), 9 (Noise Mitigation) on planning permission 22/00735/RELMAJ. Additionally pursuant to variation of condition 1 (number of units) on permission 22/00735/NOMAT6.
- Received
- 29 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Wyre Borough Council
- Ward
- Wyresdale
- Agent
- Maybern Planning & Development Ltd
- ReceivedReceived29 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation27 Feb
- TargetTarget Date5 May
- DecidedDecided26 Aug
Decided in 201 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application 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 reserved matters
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 184
- Parish
- Forton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 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
- 5 May 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-14640319
- Documents
- 66
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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- 202629 Oct
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
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PendingNon-material amendment26/00078/NONMAT - 202629 Jan
Advertisement consent for non illuminated signage; 3 No. flags and flagpoles
ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/00080/ADV - 202629 Jan
Outline application for the erection of up to 195 dwellings, 1ha of employment, community centre and shop…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/00078/OULMAJ
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