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6 - 10 Kensington Road Morecambe Lancashire LA4 5LX

23/01191/PACPrior Approval - CommercialApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 7 December 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of office (Class E) to 6 dwellings (C3)

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Poulton Ward
Agent
Ashton Design
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 6 - 10 Kensington Road Morecambe Lancashire LA4 5LX. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Poulton Ward. We hold 146 applications in total for the LA4 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
LA4 5LX
Application type
Prior Approval - Commercial
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morecambe

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2023
Consultation expiry
20 November 2023
Consultation start
18 October 2023
Consultation end
9 November 2023
Last date for comments
20 November 2023
Target decision date
7 December 2023
Permission expires
7 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ashton Design
Agent address
Kinrara Hayton Brampton CA8 9HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 October 2023
Site notice end
20 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12529785
Documents
12
Constraints
1

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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