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Former Garage/Workshop Borwick Lane Warton Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9QH

02/01463/CUChange of Use ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 March 2003

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of barn to form two dwellings and erection of detached double garage block.

Received
6 December 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Warton
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 108 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Garage/Workshop Borwick Lane Warton Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9QH. Lancaster has handled 221 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 8 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Warton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,156 applications in total for the LA5 postcode area.

92% of amendment applications at Lancaster City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LA5 9QH
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Warton

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2002
Consultation expiry
10 January 2003
Consultation start
10 January 2003
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2002
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2002
Last date for comments
13 December 2002
Target decision date
31 January 2003
Committee meeting
24 March 2003
Decision issued
27 March 2003
Application expires
26 January 2003
Permission expires
27 March 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Victoria Court Penny Street Lancaster LA1 1XN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 December 2002
Advertisement expiry
10 January 2003
Site notice start
20 December 2002
Site notice end
10 January 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Warton
  • National Landscape (AONB): Arnside & Silverdale
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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