29 Heysham Road Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 1DA Data via plota.co.uk

26/00319/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of dwellinghouse into two short term holiday lets Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Mar 2026
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Validated
31 Mar 2026
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Consultation
31 Mar 2026
Decision
Expected by 26 May 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 12 Sept 2026; it is now day 165. The consultation period closed on 1 May 2026.

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Flood risk assessment Flood Risk Assessment (p) · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Forms (p) · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF consultee response - natural england Consultee Response (p) · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF consultee response - county highways Consultee Response (p) · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF 29heysham/04v4 Building regs notes Supporting Information (p) · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Special protection area 83 m away: Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI 82 m away: Morecambe Bay SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; Inside the Heysham built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Lancaster
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
LA3 1DA
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
31 Mar 2026
Ward
Heysham North Ward
Parish
Morecambe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 May 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
CKI Building Surveyors Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 165, past the statutory target. 86% of changes of use in Lancaster are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 6 Sept 2026.

Day 165109 days past the 56-day target
71%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
47decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Lancaster in the last twelve months, from validation. Lancaster decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14775515
Neighbours
31 Mar 2026
Consultation
31 Mar 2026
Comments by
1 May 2026
Site or press notice
10 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
26 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2022 Refused
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2020 Approved
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2020 Refused
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2018 Refused
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2018 Refused
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2018 Approved
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2017 Refused
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2017 Refused
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Erection of a dwelling
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Lancaster
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#147 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Lancaster is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #84 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Lancaster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #237 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #231 of 296
74%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #84 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #130 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
45 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
63%
Change of use approved
48 decided
717
Total decisions
122 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings