Lancaster Castle Castle Park Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1YN

25/01262/LBApproved

Approved on 19 January 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Listed building application for the internal fit out of the upper ground and first floors of former female felons unit to facilitate temporary contractors facilities including removal of plaster and redundant services, repainting, installation of lighting, electrics, heating systems, ventilation and an external soil pipe

Received: 25 November 2025
Council: Lancaster City Council

ReceivedReceived25 Nov
ValidatedValidated25 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided19 Jan

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Lancaster Castle Castle Park Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1YN. Lancaster has handled 3,218 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Lancaster conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 456 applications in total for the LA1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: LA1 1YN

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 November 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Lancaster
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 (22)

flood storage 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lancaster

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