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Lancaster City Council Town Hall Dalton Square Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1PJ

26/00138/LBListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Listed building application for the fixing of 5 metal signs, 2 display panels, external lighting and reconditioning of existing illuminated lightbox

Received
6 February 2026
Decision due
18 April 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target18 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 9 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (9)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Lancaster City Council Town Hall Dalton Square Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1PJ. Lancaster has handled 225 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 6 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Lancaster conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 456 applications in total for the LA1 postcode area.

90% of heritage 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 1PJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
27 February 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 March 2026
Site notice start
17 March 2026
Site notice end
9 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14685082
Documents
9
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lancaster
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Town HallOn this site · +1 more
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Source: Lancaster

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