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24/00153/VCN

5 Ousby Avenue Morecambe Lancashire LA3 3DN

Refused Lancaster Variation of a Condition Application

Proposal

Change of use of dwelling (C3) to a residential care home for children (C2) (pursuant to the variation of condition 4 on planning permission 23/00479/CU to amend the wording of the occupation condition)

As published by the council, reference 24/00153/VCN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Feb 2024

    Received by Lancaster

  2. 3 Apr 2024

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About conditions applications

How this application type works

This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.

More on conditions applications in our guide

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