31 Scotforth Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4TS

1. 2 Oct 2024

   Received by Lancaster

2. 6 Nov 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 20 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: Lawful Development Certificate Granted

4. 2 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 25 Scotforth Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4TS

  22/00070/DIS Submitted 5 May 2022 27m away

  Discharge of condition 4 on approved application 21/00903/CU

  Granted Conditions

• Beech House 39 Scotforth Road Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4TS

  24/0225/TPO5 Submitted 18 Nov 2024 27m away

  5 day notice to fell 1 x Beech

  Decided Trees 1 doc

• 2 Fern Bank Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4TT

  24/0009/TCA Submitted 18 Jan 2024 27m away

  Silver Maple (T1) - Fell Apple Tree (T2) - Fell

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 11 Fern Bank Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4TT

  25/01241/NMA Submitted 19 Nov 2025 71m away

  Non-material amendment to planning permission 24/00284/FUL for the simplification of the rear elevation to retain and raise the existing kitchen window and replace the proposed oriel window with a standard window

  Granted Amendments Windows or glazing 4 docs

• 2 Fern Bank Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4TT

  23/01291/NMA Submitted 9 Nov 2023 71m away

  Non material amendment to planning permission 22/01498/FUL for alteration to existing rear elevation window

  Granted Amendments Windows or glazing

• 2 Fern Bank Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4TT

  26/0171/TCA Submitted 27 Aug 2026 71m away

  100% historically approved · decision due ~22 Oct

  x3 Silver Birch - crown reduction x1 Silver Maple - remove right limb and reduce height by 2/3m

  Awaiting decision Trees

• 26/00462/PLDC Refused

  212 Euston Grove Morecambe Lancashire LA4 5LJ

  Proposed lawful development certificate for a change of use from class C3(a) (single household dwelling) to class C3(b) (up to six residents living together as a single household with care provided)

  1 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00499/PLDC Granted

  16 Vernon Crescent Galgate Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0LX

  Proposed lawful development certificate for erection of a single storey rear extension

  13 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00474/PLDC Granted

  19 Seymour Avenue Heysham Morecambe Lancashire LA3 2JR

  Proposed lawful development certificate for erection of a single storey rear extension

  7 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00431/PLDC Granted

  School House Whitebeck Lane Priest Hutton Carnforth Lancashire LA6 1JL

  Proposed lawful development certificate for the amalgamation of two dwellinghouses (School House and Old Village School) into a single dwellinghouse

  27 Apr 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00239/PLDC Granted

  Yealand Church Of England Primary School Footeran Lane Yealand Redmayne Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9SU

  Proposed lawful development certificate for the erection of a single storey side extension

  3 Mar 2026 Lawful development