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18 - 20 Sun Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1EW

26/00213/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Listed building application for the removal of railings to 1st floor windows on the front (east) elevation, removal of the external metal escape ladder between the 2nd floor and the flat roof (1st floor level) on the rear (west) elevation, removal of guard rails to the escape route over the flat roof and removal of the metal staircase between the flat roof and ground level

Received
24 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 18 - 20 Sun Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1EW. Lancaster has handled 225 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Lancaster's typical decision time. The site is in the Lancaster conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1EW
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Last date for comments
21 April 2026
Target decision date
25 April 2026
Permission expires
30 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
2 April 2026
Site notice start
27 March 2026
Site notice end
21 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14729680
Documents
12
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: 22 and 24, Sun StreetOn or next to this site · +4 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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