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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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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729 approved · 127 refused · 37 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/0053/TCA
Cherry - Fell
4 The Nook Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8DR
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00305/PAH
Erection of a 3.9 metre deep, single storey rear extension with a maximum roof height of 3.5 metres and a maximum eaves height of 3 metres
16 Hawthorn Road Morecambe Lancashire LA4 6PL
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00044/DIS
Discharge of conditions 4 (surface water drainage scheme), 5 (sustainable design statement) and 6 (landscaping) on approved application 24/01260/FUL
Butler Works Wyresdale Road Lancaster Lancashire
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00306/FUL
Erection of a two storey side extension
6 Grosvenor Court Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9TX
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00307/VCN
Change of use of trampolining and stunt school centre (D2) and film studio (sui generis) to 9 flats (C3), alterations to windows and doors, installation of rooflights and Juliet balconies and two dormers and erection of a bin store (pursuant to the removal of condition 3 (gates/fencing) and condition 6 (obscure glazing), and the variation of condition 7 to relocate the approved bin store on planning permission 20/00601/FUL)
93 Regent Road Morecambe Lancashire
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00308/NMA
Non material amendment application to planning permission 04/00705/CU to alter the development description from affordable housing units to residential dwellings
Cromwell Buildings Rosemary Lane Lancaster Lancashire
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00310/ELDC
Existing Lawful Development Certificate for use of the ground floor as a hot food takeaway
130 - 132 Greaves Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4UW
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/0054/TCA
Removal of Fir tree
4 Yealand Road Yealand Conyers Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9SF
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00311/FUL
Erection of a detached garage with ancillary accommodation
16 Acorn Meadow Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8JL
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00312/FUL
Erection of a replacement agricultural outbuilding and creation of permeable hardstanding between the building and existing access gate
12 Ancliffe Lane Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8DS
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00045/DIS
Discharge of condition 7 (validation report) on approved application 24/00473/VCN
University Of Cumbria Bowerham Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 3JD
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00046/DIS
Discharge of condition 3 (detailed drawings) on approved application 25/01287/LB
Happy Chop Suey House 50 King Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1RE
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00313/FUL
Erection of a two storey side extension
172 Coastal Road Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8JW
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00047/DIS
Discharge of condition 3 (detailed drawings) on approved application 25/01286/FUL
Happy Chop Suey House 50 King Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1RE
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00316/FUL
Repairs and alterations to the garage, including roof and gable rebuilding, lintel and door replacement, window repairs, and widening the central opening for safe vehicle access
94 Main Street Hornby Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8JT
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00317/FUL
Change of use of the land for the siting of 14 mobile homes for permanent occupancy by people aged over 55, the erection of two communal buildings and associated parking, access, engineering operations, utilities installation, landscaping and bin store
Land Between Forge Lane & Mill Lane Halton Lancaster Lancashire
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Unknown26/0055/TCA5
Conifer - reduce the remaining stem of failed tree
10 Moorside Road Brookhouse Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9PJ
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00319/FUL
Change of use of dwellinghouse into two short term holiday lets
29 Heysham Road Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 1DA
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00321/FUL
Erection of a single storey side extension
16 Greenwood Drive Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8AP
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00322/ELDC
Existing lawful development certificate for the commencement of the excavation of land to form a subterranean extension to the front elevation on approved application 22/00399/FUL
Ellel Hall Ellel Hall Gardens Galgate Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0FA
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00323/FUL
Construction of dormer extensions to the front and rear elevations
10 Church Hill Nether Kellet Carnforth Lancashire LA6 1ER
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00324/FUL
Erection of a two storey side extension, a two storey front extension, roof raise and construction of a dormer roof extension to the rear elevation
1 Lancaster Road Cockerham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0EB
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00325/PLDC
Proposed lawful development certificate for a single storey rear extension, solar panels to the rear roof, construction of a canopy to the front elevation, rooflight windows to the front
3 Shore Close Silverdale Carnforth Lancashire LA5 0TR
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00326/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension
10 Rydal Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 3HA
Received 25 Mar 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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