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Old Smithy House Bentham Road Wennington Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8NU

26/00207/FULApproved

Approved on 29 May 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of erosion protection of River Wenning riverbank including the placement of rip rap stone and rock rolls with associated infrastructure

Received
23 February 2026
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 88 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Old Smithy House Bentham Road Wennington Lancaster Lancashire LA2 8NU. Lancaster has handled 3,218 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Wennington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,344 applications in total for the LA2 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
LA2 8NU

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Wennington
  • Listed building: Grade II: Oak CottageOn or next to this site

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    24 Jun

    Submission of Biodiversity Gain Plan on approved application 26/00207/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/00100/DIS
  2. 2026
    2 Mar

    Installation of erosion protection of River Wenning riverbank including the placement of rip rap stone and…

    This applicationApprovedApplication26/00207/FUL

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