Land At Highgate House Hillam Lane Cockerham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0DY

26/00218/ADAgricultural DeterminationRefused

Refused on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Agricultural determination for the erection of an agricultural produce, equipment and machinery store

Received: 25 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Lancaster City Council
Ward: Ellel Ward

ReceivedReceived25 Feb
ValidatedValidated25 Feb
Consult.Consultation11 Mar
TargetTarget Date20 Mar
DecidedDecided25 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land At Highgate House Hillam Lane Cockerham Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0DY. Lancaster has handled 51 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

87% of all 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 0DY
Application type: Agricultural Determination
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Cockerham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 February 2026
Consultation start: 25 February 2026
Last date for comments: 11 March 2026
Target decision date: 20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Bate Rural
Agent address: Heath Farm Budworth Heath Northwich Cheshire CW9 6NQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 23 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14734176
Documents: 8

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

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.

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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.

Source: Lancaster

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