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78 Scotforth Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4SF

25/00509/PLDCProposed Lawful Development CertificateApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 June 2025

Council decision: Lawful Development Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed lawful development certificate for construction of dormer to the rear elevation and rooflights to front elevation

Received
7 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Scotforth West Ward
Agent
Rocket Architects LLP
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 78 Scotforth Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4SF. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Scotforth West 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 4SF
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2025
Target decision date
27 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rocket Architects LLP
Agent address
25 Main Street Overton Morecambe LA3 3HF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13998335
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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