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Part Of Former St Georges Works (Pump House) Abram Close Lancaster Lancashire

Refused Lancaster 24/00990/VCN Variation of a Condition Application

Works: New dwelling Extension Windows or glazing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of existing pump house and erection of front and upwards extensions to create 35 studio apartments for students (C3 use) with associated communal areas (pursuant to the variation of condition 9 on planning permission 23/00571/FUL to accommodate changes to materials and to remove reference to aluminium windows)

As published by the council, reference 24/00990/VCN

Application record

Reference
24/00990/VCN
Type
Variation of a Condition Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Application Refused
Received
10 Sep 2024
Validated
10 Sep 2024
Decided
9 Dec 2024
Ward
Marsh Ward
Parish
Lancaster Non-Civil Parish
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Sep 2024

    Received by Lancaster

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  3. 23 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, an architecture practice registered in Manchester

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

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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.

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