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Willow Lane Hostel 56 - 64 Willow Lane Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5QF

25/00881/PIPPermission in PrincipleAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in principle for the demolition of the existing building and erection of up to 9 dwellings

Received
4 August 2025
Decision due
27 September 2025
Ward
Marsh Ward
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 15 September.

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About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Willow Lane Hostel 56 - 64 Willow Lane Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5QF. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Marsh Ward. We hold 457 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 5QF
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2025
Consultation expiry
15 September 2025
Consultation start
1 September 2025
Consultation end
15 September 2025
Last date for comments
15 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
30 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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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