Petrol Filling Station Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc Hilmore Way Morecambe Lancashire Data via plota.co.uk

26/00492/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Removal of existing jet wash and valet units, erection of jet wash bays, plant room, air/water and vacuum units and associated forecourt works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 May 2026
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Consultation
14 May 2026
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Approved
26 Jun 2026

Approved on 26 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 7

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Special protection area about 299 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.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; SSSI about 300 m away: Morecambe Bay SSSI; Inside the Morecambe built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
LA4 4EW
Received
12 May 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
West End Ward
Parish
Morecambe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
26 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Carney Sweeney

How this decision compares

Decided in 45 days from validation, 10 days faster than Lancaster's median of 55 for commercial premises. Approved, as 76% of commercial premises here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
59decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Lancaster in the last twelve months, from validation. Lancaster decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14916025
Planning Portal ref
PP-14916025
Neighbours
14 May 2026
Consultation
14 May 2026
Comments by
11 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
20 May 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Lancaster
Planning Authority Score
5/10
Average
#147 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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