Supported housing scheme at Former Padiham County Primary School, Padiham

“Proposal: Variation of conditions; 6 (Materials Used), 15 (Access Junction and Estate Road Construction), and 18 (Pedestrian Paths) attached to planning permission FUL/2022/0059.”

“Condition 15 requires the access junction and estate road to meet Lancashire County Council Specification for Construction of Estate Roads. The applicant is seeking to use the existing access rather than create a new access and as internal roads will be privately maintained request the need to be constructed to Estate Road standards be removed.”

“Site and Surrounding Area The application relates to a site of approximately 0.4ha on the site of the former Padiham County Primary school which was demolished in 2013. The site is located within the urban area beyond the east side of Padiham town centre. The site has a main road frontage onto Burnley Road to the north and a frontage to Victoria Road to the south.”

“Site History: FUL/2022/0059 – Redevelopment of former school site with residential development of 19 no. one bedroom bungalows and staff unit to provide supported living and construct new vehicular access from Victoria Road – Approved March 2023”

“FUL/2020/0226 – Proposed petrol filling station, shop, forecourt parking, service bay/wash bay and community garden (re-submission of planning application APP/2018/0397) – Application withdrawn November 2022”

“Condition 18 requires pedestrian paths and openings as indicated on the approved plans to permit members of the public to cross the site between Victoria Road and Burnley Road. This was not requested by County Highways as Highways Authority and was required to ensure the site was well connected and enhance accessibility for pedestrians in accordance with Local Plan Policy IC1.”

“The application seeks to amend the planning permission FUL/2022/0059 which remains extant and as such is acceptable in principle. The proposed changes to the materials condition 6 (now condition 14) would allow a broader scope of materials to be considered whilst retaining the need for these to be approved ensuring a suitable finish can be secured.”

“County Highways – No objection to the variation of condition 6 and 18. They do raise concerns to the variation of condition 15, which is intended to ensure a good standard of construction and that construction of the road to base course is delivered prior to other development to reduce the risk of debris being carried onto the adopted highway.”

“Publicity – A total of 6 responses have been received which have raised concerns over the proposed changes. The concerns can be summarised as follows: • Concern over changes to condition 15 which would allow use of the existing access for construction traffic, the access is not suitable for this being a narrow rear alley; and • Concern over proposed change of materials which would have the potential to detrimentally impact the quality of the development.”

“That the decision be delegated to the head of Housing and Development Control for approval subject to a Section 106 obligation being secured to provide an open space contribution, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions outlined below;”