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26/00836/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of solar panels to south facing roof slope with associated inverters Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:49

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Application progress

✓

Received

18 Aug 2026

✓

Consultation

24 Sept 2026

✓

Approved

6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 13

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

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 ↗

Also on the record

Public footpath 30 m away; 1 listed building within 150 m; Priority habitat 18 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area97 m² (1,044 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (63 out of 100), could reach A

PropertyEnd-terrace house, 3 habitable rooms

Built1996 to 2002

HeatingElectric storage heaters

WallsGranite or whinstone, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Lancaster
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: LA6 2QF
Received: 18 Aug 2026
Validated: 18 Aug 2026
Ward: Upper Lune Valley Ward
Parish: Whittington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Oct 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 6 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Erica Wright Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 7 days faster than Lancaster's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 85% of full applications here are.

This one49d

Council56d

UK56d

66%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

427decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15140010
Planning Portal ref: PP-15140010
Neighbours: 20 Aug 2026
Consultation: 24 Sept 2026
Comments by: 2 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 21 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 13 Oct 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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

1-3 Sellet Hall Cottages Hosticle Lane Whittington Lancashire LA6 2QF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 3

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 3

Other documents 4

Site constraints 6

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