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Dragons Head Hotel Main Street Whittington Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2NY

Granted Lancaster 21/00032/FUL Full Application

Works: Demolition Domestic

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of use of public house (Sui Generis) to a dwelling (C3), relevant demolition of outhouses and erection of a double garage

As published by the council, reference 21/00032/FUL

Application record

Reference
21/00032/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Application Permitted
Received
12 Jan 2021
Validated
11 Feb 2021
Decided
16 Mar 2022
Ward
Upper Lune Valley Ward
Parish
Whittington
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
LA6 2NY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Lancaster register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 23/00093/VCN Granted

    Dragons Head Hotel Main Street Whittington Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2NY

    Demolition of outbuildings, conversion of barn to dwelling, erection of 3 dwellings with associated landscaping, parking and alterations to the existing access and erection of a first floor side extension over existing pub (pursuant to the removal of conditions 10 and 20 on approved application 18/00567/FUL to remove the requirement to undertake works associated with the public house prior to the commencement of the three dwellings and to allow the residential use of the barn independently of the public house and the variation of condition 15 to remove reference to condition 10 and the public house)

    Decided 27 Apr 2023 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Jan 2021

    Received by Lancaster

  2. 11 Feb 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 16 Mar 2022

    Decision issued: Application Permitted

  4. 6 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Vernon Smith Associates Agent

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Documents

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41 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Lancaster granted permission on 16 March 2022, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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