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65 Blades Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1TS

24/00118/ELDCExisting Lawful Development CertificateApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 23 February 2024

Council decision: Lawful Development Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Existing Lawful Development Certificate for use of property as House in Multiple Occupation (C4)

Received
30 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 65 Blades Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1TS. Lancaster has handled 221 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Lancaster conservation area. 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.

92% of amendment 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 1TS
Application type
Existing Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2024
Consultation expiry
22 February 2024
Consultation start
31 January 2024
Consultation end
22 February 2024
Last date for comments
22 February 2024
Target decision date
21 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Iceni Projects
Agent address
WeWork Dalton Place 29 John Dalton Street Manchester M2 6FW

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12695064
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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