Auction Mart Car Park Thurnham Street Lancaster Lancashire LA1 1XU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of canopy with solar panel array on roofslope, installation of EV charging points, a battery storage cabinet, and alterations to layout within part of car park 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 11 votes to 0
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because renewable-energy benefits outweighed very minor heritage harm, with no adverse residential or highway impacts.
- The committee voted unanimously to approve with an additional ground-investigation condition.
Source: Plota analysis of Lancaster's committee minutes of 1 Sept 2026.
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 4
Site constraints 5
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Important details
- Council
- Lancaster
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- LA1 1XU
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Castle Ward
- Parish
- Lancaster Non-Civil Parish
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- HPA Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 44 days from validation, 12 days faster than Lancaster's median of 56 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 88% of utility and infrastructure works here are.
Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Lancaster in the last twelve months, from validation. Lancaster decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 4 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14983377
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14983377
- Consultation
- 12 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 3 Sept 2026
- Site or press notice
- 29 Jul 2026
- Committee
- 1 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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