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Lancaster University Bigforth Drive Bailrigg Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4YW

25/00471/NMANon-Material Amendment ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 May 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non Material Amendment on approved application 24/00171/FUL to revise plans including relocation of double door, additional lourves, replace external access staircase with cat ladder, addition of external fencing, staircase enclosure, access walkway, hoop barriers, bollards and AV screen

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
University Ward
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Lancaster University Bigforth Drive Bailrigg Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4YW. Lancaster has handled 221 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across University 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 4YW
Application type
Non-Material Amendment Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Target decision date
18 May 2025
Permission expires
23 May 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vital Energi
Agent address
Century House Roman Road Blackburn BB1 2LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Feb

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 24/00171/FUL

    PendingNon-material amendment26/00153/NMA

Source: Lancaster

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