Royal Lancaster Infirmary Ashton Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4RP
Approved on 24 March 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of a new air handling unit and supporting gantry (pursuant to the variation of condition 2 on planning permission 25/00555/FUL to amend the plans to show a minor air handling unit size increase, ramp and amended chiller position)
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Lancaster City Council
- Ward
- Scotforth West Ward
- Agent
- Mellor Architects
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date15 Mar
- DecidedDecided24 Mar
Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Royal Lancaster Infirmary Ashton Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4RP. Lancaster has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Scotforth West Ward. We hold 457 applications in total for the LA1 postcode area.
91% of conditions 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 4RP
- Application type
- Variation of a Condition Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lancaster Non-Civil Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mellor Architects
- Architect profile
- MELLOR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Mellor Architects 125 Highgate Kendal LA9 4EN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 51 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14636324
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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.
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