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11 Alder Grove Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5SD

24/01255/PACPrior Approval - CommercialRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 January 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval application for the change of use of existing community building (Class E) to 1 dwelling (C3)

Received
13 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Marsh Ward
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided2 Jan

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 11 Alder Grove Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5SD. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Marsh Ward. We hold 456 applications in total for the LA1 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
LA1 5SD
Application type
Prior Approval - Commercial
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2024
Consultation expiry
30 December 2024
Consultation start
18 November 2024
Consultation end
10 December 2024
Last date for comments
30 December 2024
Target decision date
5 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Willow Mill Fell View Caton Lancaster LA2 9RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
48 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2024
Site notice end
30 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13488976
Documents
10
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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© 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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