Frankie And Bennys Hilmore Way Morecambe Lancashire LA4 4DD
Approved on 20 June 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use of existing restaurant (Class E) to mixed use unit comprising of restaurant and drive thru takeaway (sui generis), demolition of existing single storey extensions to side and rear, installation of external cladding and panelling and 2 new windows to the side, reconfiguration of car park to create drive-thru lane and associated landscaping
- Received
- 28 April 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- Ward
- West End Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated3 May
- Consult.Consultation27 May
- TargetTarget Date23 Jun
- DecidedDecided20 Jun
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Frankie And Bennys Hilmore Way Morecambe Lancashire LA4 4DD. Lancaster has handled 428 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across West End Ward. We hold 146 applications in total for the LA4 postcode area.
85% of full 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
- LA4 4DD
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Morecambe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 2 June 2023
- Consultation start
- 5 May 2023
- Consultation end
- 27 May 2023
- Last date for comments
- 2 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 23 June 2023
- Committee meeting
- 19 June 2023
- Permission expires
- 20 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Firstplan Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 51 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 May 2023
- Site notice end
- 2 June 2023
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12110214
- Documents
- 26
Site constraints
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.
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