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Newsbrief 108 Planning Updates Gladmans, Main Road and Grab Lane


Newsbrief 108 11 December 2023 Planning Update on Gladmans, Main Road and Grab Lane


  1. Refusal of 19/01135/OUT 644 dwellings houses on the greenfield site between Bailrigg Lane and Hala

Newsbrief 107 alerted you that this proposal was going to Lancaster City Council Planning Regulatory Committee on 4 December 2023. Under the scheme of public participation, residents Mary Breakell, Belinda Nixie, John Perrott, Mark Salisbury, Barbara Walker and Ward Councillor Sophie Maddocks all spoke against the application. No applicant or agent was present to reply. The application was turned down on infrastructure grounds. 13 Councillors on the Planning Committee voted to refuse the application and 2 abstained. Click here for minutes of the meeting

There is a good article in the Lancaster Guardian overviewing the decision. Click here for link to article

It is highly likely that this application will come back with amendments, so watch this space!


  1. 22/01158/OUT Land At OS Grid Reference E348374 N455851, Main Road, Galgate - AMENDMENTS

This application was originally submitted in October 2022. CLICK here for CLOUD’s response to the application for building on a field that floods, adjacent to properties that flood. 

Residents have been invited to respond to the amendments by 19 December 2023. 

CLOUD will be responding again as nothing changes our original views. If you objected before do respond again.

Please submit your response via email to dcconsultation@lancaster.gov.uk

Full details of this application and the amendments can be viewed online using the link below.

            Click on Related Documents and then on View Associated Documents.



  1. 23/00324/FUL | Erection of 232 dwellings with associated open space, landscaping, car parking, access and supporting infrastructure | Land Adjacent To Grab Lane Lancaster Amendments

CLOUD objected to the application in May 2023 on the following grounds :

Traffic and car dependence

Ecology and biodiversity

Japanese Knotweed

Pressure on health,medical services and schools - click here for details 


We intend to respond along similar grounds to the amendments. If you commented before do respond again. via email to dcconsultation@lancaster.gov.uk


You should respond by 1 January 2024. 


Full details of this application and the amendments can be viewed online using the link below:


Click on Related Documents and then on View Associated Documents.


Best wishes 

Mary and Tony Breakell



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