13 Whitendale Drive Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8LY

1. 14 Apr 2026

   Received by Lancaster

2. 15 Apr 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 13 May 2026

   Decision issued: Lawful Development Certificate Granted

4. 26 Aug 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

• 8 Easedale Close Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8LX

  24/0208/TPO Submitted 22 Oct 2024 65m away

  Pine - Crown lift lowest 1 x secondary branch overhanging No. 8 and 1 x secondary branch overhanging No. 9s car port. Crown clean removing any damaged dead, or crossing branches. Reduce secondary and tertiary branches overhanging No. 8 and neighbouring properties by no more than 1-2 metres, pruning back to suitable pruning point. Crown thin tertiary branches overhanging No. 8 and the adjacent streetlight. Copper Beech - Crown reduce by no more than 20% live leaf mass.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 16 Easedale Close Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8LX

  25/01211/FUL Submitted 7 Nov 2025 99m away

  Construction of front and rear dormer roof extensions

  Refused Full applications Extension Loft or dormer 7 docs

• 2 Greenacre Park Hest Bank Lancaster Lancashire LA2 6HF

  22/00673/FUL Submitted 31 May 2022 153m away

  Erection of outbuilding to the rear elevation

  Granted Full applications 8 docs

• Thortindale Cottage Coastal Road Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8JJ

  20/0199/TPO Submitted 8 Oct 2020 190m away

  Horse chestnut (T1) - Fell

  Granted Trees 8 docs

• Thortindale Cottage Coastal Road Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8JJ

  20/00194/TPO5 Submitted 19 Feb 2020 191m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~15 Apr

  T2 - blown over, T3 - fell

  Decided

• 2 Cherry Tree Close Bolton Le Sands Carnforth Lancashire LA5 8AY

  22/00652/FUL Submitted 25 May 2022 206m away

  Demolition of existing sheds and erection of a detached garden room

  Granted Full applications Demolition 12 docs

• 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