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120 Aldcliffe Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5BE

26/00006/PLDCProposed Lawful Development CertificateRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Lawful Development Certificate RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed lawful development certificate for installation of solar panels

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at 120 Aldcliffe Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 5BE. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Aldcliffe Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Castle 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 5BE
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Target decision date
1 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Bakery 19 China Street Lancaster LA1 1EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14599218
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lancaster - Aldcliffe RoadPart of the 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 (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.

© 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
    6 Jan

    Proposed lawful development certificate for installation of solar panels

    This applicationRefusedOutline26/00006/PLDC
  2. 2026
    5 Jan

    Erection of a single storey rear extension

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside25/01360/FUL

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