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Cinder Hill Chipping Lane Dolphinholme Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9AQ

26/00170/PACPrior Approval - CommercialApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval application for the change of use of agricultural building to storage and distribution

Received
12 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Ellel Ward
Agent
Directions Planning Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Cinder Hill Chipping Lane Dolphinholme Lancaster Lancashire LA2 9AQ. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Ellel Ward. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the LA2 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
LA2 9AQ
Application type
Prior Approval - Commercial
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ellel

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation start
13 February 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Target decision date
4 April 2026
Permission expires
24 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Directions Planning Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
23 Victoria Avenue Harrogate HG1 5RD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 February 2026
Site notice end
18 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14693835
Documents
17

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.

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