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Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL

25/01220/PAAPrior Approval - AgricultureAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval for the conversion and change of use of agricultural buildings to 5 dwellings

Received
12 November 2025
Decision due
30 December 2025
Ward
Carnforth And Millhead Ward
Agent
Mason Gillibrand Architects
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 December.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (29)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Carnforth And Millhead Ward. We hold 1,156 applications in total for the LA5 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
LA5 9EL
Application type
Prior Approval - Agriculture
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Carnforth

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Consultation expiry
5 December 2025
Consultation start
13 November 2025
Consultation end
5 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 December 2025
Last date for comments
5 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mason Gillibrand Architects
Architect profile
MASON GILLIBRAND LIMITED
Agent address
16 Willow Mill Fell View Caton Lancaster LA2 9RA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
48 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14481574
Comments
0
Documents
29

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)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Lancaster

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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