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26/00523/VCN

5 - 7 Skipton Street Morecambe Lancashire LA4 4AR

Refused Lancaster Variation of a Condition Application

Proposal

Change of use of an office (Class E) to 7 serviced apartments for short term visitor accommodation (Sui Generis), removal of existing chimney, construction of dormer extensions to the northern, eastern and southern elevations, reinstatement of window and door openings and replacement windows (pursuant to the variation of condition 2 to amend the approved plans and 3 to vary wording of condition relating to window/door details on planning permission 24/00347/FUL)

As published by the council, reference 26/00523/VCN

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 May 2026

    Received by Lancaster

  2. 17 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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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