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Lancaster Central Library Market Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1HY

25/01200/LBListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Listed building application for the replacement of existing slates and associated lead valley and box gutter linings, hip and ridge roll cover flashings and abutment flashings and soakers

Received
4 November 2025
Decision due
26 December 2025
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 29 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Lancaster Central Library Market Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1HY. Lancaster has handled 225 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Lancaster conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 456 applications in total for the LA1 postcode area.

90% of heritage 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 1HY
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
7 November 2025
Consultation end
29 November 2025
Last date for comments
4 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lancashire County Council
Agent address
County Hall Fishergate Preston Lancashire PR1 8XJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 November 2025
Advertisement expiry
4 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14458862
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lancaster
  • Listed building: Grade II: Public LibraryOn or next to this site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Source: Lancaster

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