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30 Shrewsbury Drive Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4BA

23/01031/PLDCProposed Lawful Development CertificateApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 December 2023

Council decision: Lawful Development Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed lawful development certificate for construction of dormer extension to side elevation and rooflight to front and rear

Received
6 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bowerham Ward
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 30 Shrewsbury Drive Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4BA. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks 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 Bowerham Ward. We hold 456 applications in total for the LA1 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
LA1 4BA
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2023
Target decision date
8 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
55 Regent Park Grove Morecambe LA4 4LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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

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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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