Planning application
Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior approval for the conversion and change of use of agricultural buildings to 5 dwellings
As published by the council, reference 25/01220/PAA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01220/PAA
- Type
- Prior Approval - Agriculture
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Granted
- Received
- 12 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 12 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 23 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Carnforth And Millhead Ward
- Parish
- Carnforth
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LA5 9EL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Lancaster register
This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00803/VCN Granted
Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL
Prior approval for the conversion and change of use of agricultural buildings to 5 dwellings (pursuant to the variation of conditions 1 on planning permission 25/01220/PAA to amend the previously approved plans)
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26/00007/DIS Granted
Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL
Discharge of condition 2 (windows), 3 (surface water), 4 (foul water) and 5 (landscaping) on approved application 25/01220/PAA
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23/00058/PAA Granted
Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL
Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural buildings to 5 dwellings (C3)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Nov 2025
Received by Lancaster
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23 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Granted
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26 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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26/00803/VCN Granted
Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL
Prior approval for the conversion and change of use of agricultural buildings to 5 dwellings (pursuant to the variation of conditions 1 on planning permission 25/01220/PAA to amend the previously approved plans)
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26/00007/DIS Granted
Thwaite Gate Farm Lancaster Road Carnforth Lancashire LA5 9EL
Discharge of condition 2 (windows), 3 (surface water), 4 (foul water) and 5 (landscaping) on approved application 25/01220/PAA
Who's behind it
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Mason Gillibrand Architects Agent, an architecture practice
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41 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Lancaster granted permission on 23 January 2026, 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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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