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Claughton Wastewater Treatment Works Low Lane Claughton Lancashire

20/00010/CCCCounty Council ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 March 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

County Council Consultation for the construction of an access junction including relocation of boundary wall to create improved access to Claughton Wastewater Treatment Works

Received
6 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lower Lune Valley Ward
Agent
United Utilities Water Ltd
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Jan
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Claughton Wastewater Treatment Works Low Lane Claughton Lancashire. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Lower Lune Valley Ward.

81% of outline 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

Application type
County Council Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Claughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2020
Consultation expiry
20 January 2020
Consultation start
6 January 2020
Consultation end
20 January 2020
Last date for comments
20 January 2020
Target decision date
22 January 2020
Permission expires
12 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
United Utilities Water Ltd
Agent address
E&S Ground Floor Thirlmere House Lingley Mere Business Park Lingley Green Avenue Great Sankey Warrington WA5 3UZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
16 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Forest Of Bowland

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, 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, 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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