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Building North Of Croftlands Blea Tarn Road Scotforth Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0RD

24/01270/PAAPrior Approval - AgricultureRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 15 January 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building to 1 dwelling (C3)

Received
18 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Ellel Ward
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Building North Of Croftlands Blea Tarn Road Scotforth Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0RD. 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 58 applications across Ellel Ward. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the LA2 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
LA2 0RD
Application type
Prior Approval - Agriculture
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Scotforth

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2024
Consultation expiry
30 December 2024
Consultation start
21 November 2024
Consultation end
13 December 2024
Last date for comments
30 December 2024
Target decision date
7 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
29 Castle Hill Lancaster LA1 1YN

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-13569423
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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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