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Lancaster City Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancaster City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,247Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 856 approved or refused records
127Refused applications
729 approved · 127 refused · 37 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Oct 2009 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Local Plan and Planning PolicyPre-application advice Pre-application advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningpolicy@lancaster.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01524582950Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas37 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided26/00221/AD
Agricultural determination for the erection of a steel framed building to create a new silage clamp
Catshaw Hall Farm Scorton Marshaw Road Over Wyresdale Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9DP
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00222/EIR
Screening request for the erection of a steel framed building to create a new silage clamp
Catshaw Hall Farm Scorton Marshaw Road Over Wyresdale Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9DP
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00223/FUL
Redevelopment of existing school campus including partial demolition, extensions and alterations to buildings, reconfiguration of access and parking, associated landscaping and boundary treatments
OneSchool Global UK Lancaster Campus Melling Road Hornby Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8LH
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00224/FUL
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 11 buildings of flexible industrial accommodation with associated car parking, access and works
Land Rear Of Unit 2 Southgate Trade Park Southgate White Lund Industrial Estate Morecambe Lancashire
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00225/PLDC
Proposed lawful development certificate for the erection of a rear single storey extension
41 Foxholes Road Morecambe Lancashire LA4 6EL
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00026/DIS
Discharge of condition 3 (details & sample of replacement roofing material) on approved application 25/00876/LB
Higher Lee Rakehouse Brow Abbeystead Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9FA
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00226/NMA
Non-material amendment to planning permission 25/00078/FUL for minor design changes, landscaping and internal layout adjustments including the construction of a timber fence
43B Princes Crescent Morecambe Lancashire LA4 6BY
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00227/NMA
Non material amendment on previously approved application 24/00874/FUL to replace 2-hour battery storage units with 4-hour battery storage units, relocation of switch room, control room, auxiliary transformer and relocation of welfare office , amended access haul road routing, reorientation of 132/33kV substation
Land To The North Of The Bay Gateway Heaton With Oxcliffe Lancashire
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00027/DIS
Discharge of condition 4 (lighting and highway signage) on approved application 24/00597/VCN
Land Rear Of Ingleborough View Station Road Hornby Lancashire
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00229/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension and erection of a detached double garage
Upper Foxholes Farm Anyon Lane Bay Horse Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9DB
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/0044/TPO
Felling of 1 x holly
3 Rectory Gardens Church Street Whittington Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2NS
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00230/PLDC
Proposed lawful development certificate for the erection of a 1.8 metre wooden fence and gate to the side of the dwelling
12 Charlbury Grove Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2HZ
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00231/FUL
Construction of an upwards extension over existing house to create first floor accommodation, installation of solar panels, construction of Juliet balcony, creation of new entrance porch and erection of detached garden room/office
24 Hazelwood Silverdale Carnforth Lancashire LA5 0TQ
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00233/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
24 Bare Avenue Morecambe Lancashire LA4 6BE
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00234/PAA
Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building to one dwelling
Barn At Grid Reference 350285 458603 Littlefell Lane Lancaster Lancashire
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Unknown26/00235/EIR
Screening opinion for the partial demolition and redevelopment of Hornby School Campus including a single storey extension, external cladding, alterations to internal access roads and car parking with associated landscaping, and change of use of ancillary school building to a meeting hall
OneSchool Global UK Lancaster Campus Melling Road Hornby Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8LH
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00236/EIR
Screening opinion for erection of 11 buildings to provide sixty nine self-contained units of flexible accommodation (use class E(g)(iii), B2 and B8), car parking, access, and associated works.
Land Rear Of Unit 2 Southgate Trade Park Southgate White Lund Industrial Estate Morecambe Lancashire
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00237/PAH
Erection of a 5.2 metre deep, single storey rear extension with a maximum roof height of 2.75 metres and a maximum eaves height of 2.5 metres
94 Lymm Avenue Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5HR
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Unknown26/00238/EIR
Screening opinion for demolition and erection of replacement agricultural livestock building
Greenbank Farm Hornby Road Claughton Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9JD
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00239/PLDC
Proposed lawful development certificate for the erection of a single storey side extension
Yealand Church Of England Primary School Footeran Lane Yealand Redmayne Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9SU
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00240/FUL
Erection of a first floor side extension and construction of a balcony to the front elevation
2 Hatlex Drive Hest Bank Lancaster Lancashire LA2 6HA
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00241/FUL
Replacement of two first floor windows to the front elevation
Burnside Main Street Wray Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8QB
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00243/AD
Agricultural determination for the erection of an agricultural storage building for silage
The Hill Fairheath Road Tatham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8PP
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00244/FUL
Demolition of existing garage and conservatory, erection of two storey side extension and single storey attached garage, construction of flat roof extension to the south with basement below, construction of two dormer extensions to the south elevation, installation of rooflights to the north/south, solar panels and flue to the south, air source heat pump to the west, construction of new entrance canopy, reconfiguration of driveway and entrance, erection of replacement shed, installation of package treatment plant and associated landscaping
9 Wallings Lane Silverdale Carnforth Lancashire LA5 0RZ
Received 3 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lancaster City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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