7 Westminster Road Morecambe Lancashire LA4 4JA

24/00534/PLDCProposed Lawful Development CertificateApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 July 2024

Council decision: Lawful Development Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed lawful development certificate for the change of use of residential dwelling (C3) to a small (3-6 persons) House in Multi Occupation (C4) and construction of a dormer extension to the rear

Received: 12 May 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Lancaster City Council
Ward: West End Ward

ReceivedReceived12 May
ValidatedValidated13 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Jul
DecidedDecided9 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 7 Westminster Road Morecambe Lancashire LA4 4JA. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days 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 West End 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 4JA
Application type: Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Morecambe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 May 2024
Target decision date: 3 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: SMARTePLANS
Agent address: 63-66 Hatton Garden 5th Floor, Suite 23 London EC1N 8EL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 51 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13054508
Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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