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91% of the 81 applications for building work Lancaster decided since August 2026 were approved; half were decided within 53 days. Plan Forecast, 4 November 2026.
Time to decide: half were decided within 53 days, counted from the day the application was valid (or received, where the register gives no valid date) over the 81 decisions with both dates.
Approval rates by type of work
- Rear extension 93% of 28 decisions, a small sample
- Loft conversion or dormer 86% of 14 decisions, a small sample
- Two-storey extension 100% of 13 decisions, a small sample
- Side extension 80% of 10 decisions, a small sample
- Garden room or outbuilding too few to say 7 decisions
- New dwelling in a garden too few to say 4 decisions
- Front porch too few to say 3 decisions
- Garage conversion too few to say 1 decisions
- Change of use too few to say 1 decisions
Before you apply
Whether the commonest kinds of work in Lancaster need planning permission at all, from the law itself, rule by rule.
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Check your project
Put a pin on your house, describe the work, and see it measured against each permitted development limit, with the clause it comes from. A guide, not a guarantee.
Where Lancaster stands
The government's own count, every kind of application together: a different question from the rates above, which are one kind of work at a time. Why the figures differ.
The long view
Recent decisions in Lancaster
Straight from the register. Addresses are reduced to the street here; the report you get names the property.
The Hills Sandside Cockerham Lancaster Lancashire
ApprovedInstallation of package treatment plant
Decided 3 November 2026 26/00188/FUL
Highfield Drive Hest Bank Lancaster Lancashire
ApprovedInstallation of solar pannels
Decided 3 November 2026 26/00707/FUL
Second Terrace Sunderland Point Morecambe Lancashire
ApprovedListed building application for the installation of an internal basement hatch and blocking up of the existing basement access
Decided 3 November 2026 26/00899/LB
Questions people ask
What is Lancaster's planning approval rate?
91% of the 81 applications for building work Lancaster decided since August 2026 were approved, counting those that went one way or the other. It differs by kind of work.
What percentage of rear extension applications does Lancaster approve?
93% of rear extension applications decided by Lancaster were approved, over 28 decisions.
How many planning decisions does Plan Forecast hold for Lancaster?
218 decided applications, from August 2026 to November 2026, read from Lancaster's own planning register.
Is this Lancaster's planning website?
No. Plan Forecast is independent of Lancaster: we count the decisions on its public planning register. To look up, track or comment on an application, use Lancaster's own register, at planning.lancaster.gov.uk.
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Figures are counts of published decisions, not planning advice. Every application is judged on its own merits. How these figures are made.