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2 River Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1AD

24/00801/ELDCExisting Lawful Development CertificateAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

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

Received
20 July 2024
Decision due
11 September 2024
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 16 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 River Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1AD. Lancaster has handled 221 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 July 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Lancaster conservation area, with 6 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.

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 1AD
Application type
Existing Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2024
Consultation expiry
16 August 2024
Consultation start
25 July 2024
Consultation end
16 August 2024
Last date for comments
16 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Yorath Road Cardiff CF14 1QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13262799
Comments
0
Documents
8
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.

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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