Planning application
32 Marine Road West Morecambe Lancashire LA3 1BY
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective application for the change of use of former hotel to short term let holiday accommodation
As published by the council, reference 26/00062/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00062/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 20 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jan 2026
- Ward
- West End Ward
- Parish
- Morecambe
- Postcode
- LA3 1BY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jan 2026
Received by Lancaster
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21 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 18 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Lancaster took a median of 54 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Lancaster for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Lancaster decided full applications in a median of 75 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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