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52 Middleton Road Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2RZ

14/00944/CUChange of Use ApplicationRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 25 June 2015

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of existing store building to form new Post Office (Use Class A1) with two storey extension and creation of new residential flat above (Use Class C3) and change of use of existing Post Office to ground floor residential flat (Use Class C3)

Received
1 September 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Heysham South
Agent
Ian J. Potts Associates Ltd.
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 241 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 52 Middleton Road Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2RZ. 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 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 617 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 2RZ
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heysham Neighbourhood Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2014
Consultation expiry
27 November 2014
Consultation start
5 November 2014
Consultation end
27 November 2014
Neighbour consultation start
5 November 2014
Neighbour consultation end
26 November 2014
Last date for comments
27 November 2014
Target decision date
22 December 2014
Decision issued
29 June 2015
Application expires
17 December 2014
Permission expires
29 June 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ian J. Potts Associates Ltd.
Agent address
2 Broadacre Place Caton Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03635100
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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