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Lancaster Railway Station Westbourne Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5NW

23/01040/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 10 November 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Listed building application for restoration, alterations and restaurant fit out to platform 6 building including installation of mechanical and electrical equipment, platform resurfacing and railings, and associated internal and external works

Received
8 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Castle Ward
Agent
Seed Architects
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Lancaster Railway Station Westbourne Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5NW. Lancaster has handled 225 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Lancaster conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 456 applications in total for the LA1 postcode area.

90% of heritage 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 5NW
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2023
Consultation expiry
9 October 2023
Consultation start
11 September 2023
Consultation end
3 October 2023
Last date for comments
9 October 2023
Target decision date
29 October 2023
Permission expires
10 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Seed Architects
Architect profile
SEED ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Parsonage Chambers 3 Parsonage Manchester M3 2HW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
5 October 2023
Site notice start
18 September 2023
Site notice end
9 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12437996
Documents
21
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Lancaster
  • 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    16 Apr

    Discharge of condition 3 (details) on approved application 23/01040/LB

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/00060/DIS
  2. 2023
    8 Sep

    Listed building application for restoration, alterations and restaurant fit out to platform 6 building…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/01040/LB

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