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5 Richmond Avenue Morecambe Lancashire LA4 5XU

26/00298/PLDCProposed Lawful Development CertificateApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Lawful Development Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed lawful development certificate for attic conversion, hip to gable roof extension, construction of a dormer extension to the rear and erection of single storey rear extension

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bare Ward
Agent
Building Plan Services Morecambe
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 5 Richmond Avenue Morecambe Lancashire LA4 5XU. Lancaster has handled 439 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Lancaster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Bare Ward. We hold 146 applications in total for the LA4 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
LA4 5XU
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morecambe

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Building Plan Services Morecambe
Architect profile
BUILDING PLAN SERVICES MORECAMBE LTD
Agent address
43 St Johns Road Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 1EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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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