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Swainshead Hall Farm Waste Lane Over Wyresdale Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9DN

23/00907/EIREIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 August 2023

Council decision: ES Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Screening request for the retrospective application for the change of use of two agricultural buildings to a classroom and bunk barn, installation of septic tank with soakaway and erection of a composting toilet

Received
8 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ellel Ward
Agent
Rural Futures (North West)Ltd
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Swainshead Hall Farm Waste Lane Over Wyresdale Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9DN. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Ellel Ward. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.

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

Postcode
LA2 9DN
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Over Wyresdale

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2023
Target decision date
24 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rural Futures (North West)Ltd
Agent address
20 St Mary's Rd Great Eccleston Preston PR3 0ZJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
16 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Forest Of Bowland
  • 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 (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

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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