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52 Main Street Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2RW

09/00765/CUChange of Use ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 May 2010

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of Post Office to living accommodation

Received
28 July 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Heysham South
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 52 Main Street Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2RW. Lancaster has handled 221 applications of this type. This one was decided in 297 days, 35 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Heysham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 618 applications in total for the LA3 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
LA3 2RW
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heysham Neighbourhood Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2010
Consultation expiry
30 April 2010
Consultation start
1 April 2010
Consultation end
23 April 2010
Neighbour consultation start
1 April 2010
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2010
Last date for comments
30 April 2010
Target decision date
24 May 2010
Decision issued
24 May 2010
Application expires
19 May 2010
Permission expires
24 May 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Manley
Agent address
43 St Johns Road Heysham LA3 1EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 April 2010
Advertisement expiry
30 April 2010
Site notice start
9 April 2010
Site notice end
30 April 2010

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Heysham
  • 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 (22)

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, National Landscapes, 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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© 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.

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