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Timber Yard Rabbit Lane Gressingham Lancashire

20/00237/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 September 2020

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for the demolition of existing agricultural buildings, erection of 2 holiday cottages, installation of package treatment plant and associated access

Received
2 March 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Upper Lune Valley Ward
Agent
DH Planning Solutions
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 204 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Timber Yard Rabbit Lane Gressingham Lancashire. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 22 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Upper 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
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gressingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2020
Consultation expiry
3 April 2020
Consultation start
10 March 2020
Consultation end
1 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
31 March 2020
Last date for comments
3 April 2020
Target decision date
22 April 2020
Committee meeting
14 September 2020
Permission expires
22 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
DH Planning Solutions
Agent address
5 Campion Way Morecambe LA3 3QE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 March 2020
Site notice end
3 April 2020

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00011/REF
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3271470
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 August 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08446996
Comments
0
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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

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