Car Park Nelson Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1PT Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of 39 residential units comprising of four dwellinghouses, two 4-storey apartment blocks and one 2-storey apartment block with associated parking, landscaping, public realm, associated infrastructure and alterations to canal wall (pursuant to the variation of conditions 2, 5, 6, 16 and 19 on planning permission to amend previously approved drawings and drainage design and submission of a landscape and ecological management plan) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 4 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Lancaster Planning Regulatory Committee on 1 Sept 2026.
Approved by 13 votes to 0
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the changes would not create significant adverse impacts and would retain major housing and regeneration benefits.
- Three objections raised concerns about landscaping, refuse storage and effects on residents’ amenity.
- The committee voted unanimously to approve the application, subject to 35 conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Lancaster's committee minutes of 1 Sept 2026.
Documents 32
Decision & officer reports 4
Statements & assessments 9
Plans & drawings 5
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 9
Other documents 4
Associated applications 6
Site constraints 4
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Important details
- Council
- Lancaster
- Application type
- Variation of a Condition Application
- Postcode
- LA1 1PT
- Received
- 19 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 19 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Castle Ward
- Parish
- Lancaster Non-Civil Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- S&L Planning Consultants
How this decision compares
Decided in 77 days from validation, 21 days slower than Lancaster's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 63% of new homes here are.
Plota live figures for new homes decided by Lancaster in the last twelve months, from validation. Lancaster decision record →
Public comments
56 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15017196
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15017196
- Neighbours
- 23 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 23 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 4 Aug 2026
- Site or press notice
- 14 Jul 2026
- Committee
- 1 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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Car Park Nelson Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1PT
Erection of 39 residential units comprising of four dwellinghouses, two 4-storey apartment blocks and one 2-storey apartment block with associated parking, landscaping, public realm, associated infrastructure and alterations to canal wall
- Received
- 2 Jun 2025
- Outcome
- Pending
- Homes
- 39