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87 Balmoral Road Morecambe Lancashire LA3 1BH

22/01609/CUChange of Use ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 March 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of dwelling (C3) to holiday let (sui generis) and erection of a boundary fence to the side and rear

Received
30 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Harbour Ward 2015
  1. Received30 Dec
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 87 Balmoral Road Morecambe Lancashire LA3 1BH. Lancaster has handled 221 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1BH
Application type
Change of Use Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morecambe

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2023
Consultation expiry
27 February 2023
Consultation start
31 January 2023
Consultation end
22 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 February 2023
Last date for comments
27 February 2023
Target decision date
16 March 2023
Permission expires
21 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 February 2023
Site notice end
27 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11781685
Documents
18

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.

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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