Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 25/01220/PAA

Council

Lancaster 5/10

Date received

12 Nov 2025

Date validated

12 Nov 2025

Postcode

LA5 9EL

Description

Prior approval for the conversion and change of use of agricultural buildings to 5 dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 07:03

Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 331.

Day 331, past the statutory target. 100% of prior approvals 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 8 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 331275 days past the 56-day target

97%decided within 8 weeks

67%approved

67decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 8

Green belt: Carnforth, Lancaster and Morecambe

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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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.

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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

Radon affected area, class 4; Nature improvement area: Morecambe Bay Limestones and Wetlands; 1 listed building within 150 m; SSSI 482 m away: Crag Bank SSSI; Inside the Carnforth built-up area.

Not affected

No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £750,000 in October 2021. Other property, freehold.

14 October 2021£750,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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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