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5 Nelson Street Morecambe Lancashire LA4 5EF

24/00513/ELDCExisting Lawful Development CertificateWithdrawn
Lawful development certificate

Withdrawn on 24 May 2024

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Existing lawful development certificate for the conversion of basement to ancillary living accommodation

Received
1 May 2024
Ward
Poulton Ward
Agent
JMP Architects
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Jun
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Nelson Street Morecambe Lancashire LA4 5EF. Lancaster has handled 221 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 23 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Morecambe conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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
LA4 5EF
Application type
Existing Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morecambe

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2024
Target decision date
21 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
JMP Architects
Architect profile
JMP ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
The Old Bakery 19 China Street Lancaster LA1 1EX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13028175
Comments
0
Documents
2
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: Morecambe
  • 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.

Source: Lancaster

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