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Animal Care Blea Tarn Road Scotforth Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0RD

25/01251/VCNApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a 2-storey veterinary building (sui generis) in association with existing animal rescue centre with associated parking and drainage infrastructure and construction of a retaining wall (pursuant to the variation of conditions 2, 6, 13 on planning permission 23/00485/FUL to amend the drainage strategy, the approved land levels, agree details of foul drainage, and reword condition 4 in relation to the Employment and Skills Plan)

Received
20 November 2025
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 195 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Animal Care Blea Tarn Road Scotforth Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0RD. Lancaster has handled 3,218 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 21 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
LA2 0RD

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026

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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Jan

    Erection of a building comprising kennels, cattery and reception area for the existing Animal Care Centre and…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside25/01250/VCN
  2. 2026
    22 Jan

    Erection of a 2-storey veterinary building (sui generis) in association with existing animal rescue centre…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/01251/VCN

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