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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729 approved · 127 refused · 37 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Unknown26/0069/TCA5
5 day notice to make safe a willow tree at Caton St Pauls Primary, Moorside Road, Brookhouse
Caton St Pauls Church Of England Primary School Moorside Road Brookhouse Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9PJ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Unknown26/0070/TPO5
5 day notice for works at Williamson Park in relation to 234(1995) (refer to tree work specification document)
Williamson Park/Fenham Carr Wood Quernmore Road Lancaster Lancashire
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0071/TPO
Chestnut - 30% crown reduction
49 Low Mill Mill Lane Caton Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9HY
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00392/ELDC
Existing lawful development certificate for the occupation of Warren Cottage as an independent residential dwelling house with no connection to Capernwray House
Warren Cottage Hobsons Lane Capernwray Lancashire
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00393/PLDC
Proposed lawful development certificate for erection of a single storey rear extension
13 Whitendale Drive Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8LY
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00394/FUL
Demolition of existing building (retrospective) and erection of a replacement building for flexible use within Use Classes B2 (General Industrial), B8 (Storage and Distribution) and E(d) (Indoor Sport and Recreation)
Former Industrial Building Brockbank Avenue Lune Business Park Lancaster Lancashire
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00396/FUL
Conversion of existing ambulance garage space into internal accommodation, rendering of existing building, alterations to windows and doors, construction of external staircase with security fencing, erection of a canopy, bin store, cycle store, installation of air source heat pumps, reconfiguration of car parking and ambulance bay area
Ambulance Station Woodlands Drive Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 1LZ
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00397/VCN
Demolition of existing lean to, erection of an infill extension to existing garage/dwelling, installation of rooflights to the rear east roof elevation and conversion of the existing garage to form annex accommodation (pursuant to the variation of condition 2 on planning permission 26/00019/FUL to amend the extension windows, door and rooflights and amend internal room layout)
7 Berwick Way Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2UA
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0072/TCA
Coppice 6 x Hawthorn and 1 x Ash
George And Dragon Main Street Wray Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8QG
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00398/AD
Agricultural determination for erection of agricultural storage building
Fleets Farm Fleet Lane Gressingham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8LN
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00060/DIS
Discharge of condition 3 (details) on approved application 23/01040/LB
Lancaster Railway Station Station Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5SJ
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00399/FUL
Siting of lodge to provide agricultural worker/managers accommodation
Gibraltar Farm Campsite Lindeth Road Silverdale Carnforth Lancashire LA5 0UA
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00400/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension
9 Westbourne Place Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5DY
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00401/LB
Listed building application for the opening works to explore the void within the basement well tower
Lancaster Castle Castle Park Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1YN
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0073/TPO
Sycamore - Crown thin targeting secondary branches no greater than 20mm diameter.
80 Church Street Lancaster Lancashire
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00402/VLA
Variation of section 106 agreement to include an updated site plan and affordable housing schedule
Whittington Farm Main Street Whittington Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2NX
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00061/DIS
Discharge of conditions 3 (contamination) and 4 (landscaping) on approved application 24/00295/FUL
Whittington Farm Main Street Whittington Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2NX
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Unknown26/00404/EIR
Screening request for the siting of lodge to provide agricultural worker/managers accommodation
Gibraltar Farm Campsite Lindeth Road Silverdale Carnforth Lancashire LA5 0UA
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00062/DIS
Discharge of conditions 3 (details), 4 (lime mortar specification), 5 (landscaping), 6 (access), 7 (surface water drainage scheme) and 8 (foul drainage system) on approved application 25/01281/VCN
Hang Yeat Main Road Bay Horse Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0HL
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00405/VCN
Change of use of golf driving range for the siting of 14 holiday chalets and installation of a package treatment plant (pursuant to the variation of conditions 2, 4, 6 and 8 on planning permission 17/01196/FUL relating to layout, materials, boundary treatments and the location of the package treatment plant/related drainage)
Ashton Golf Centre Ashton Road Ashton With Stodday Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0AJ
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00406/OUT
Outline application for the erection of a self-build dwelling with associated access
Land North Of 120 Newlands Road Lancaster Lancashire
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00407/ADV
Advertisement application for the display of two non-illuminated freestanding signs
Land To The Northwest Of Sand Lane Warton Lancashire
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00408/CCC
County Council Consultation for the demolition of an existing workshop building and the erection of a new workshop building
United Utilities Lancaster Wastewater Treatment Works Stodday Lane Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0AG
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00410/PLDC
Proposed lawful development certificate for the erection of a single storey rear extension
9A Aysgarth Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5PZ
Received 20 Apr 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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