Application forms
All applications must be submitted with the correct and completed application form and ownership certificate, correct fee, and relevant plans and supporting documents as stated in our planning application validation guide.
Apply online at the Planning Portal
If you are unable to scan your plans to submit them with your application via the Planning Portal, you can download the application forms and guidance notes listed below.
Lancaster City Council Privacy Statement (Planning)
As the Local Planning Authority, Lancaster City Council collects, processes and stores personal information about you in order to administer and assess planning applications, and to fulfil certain legal obligations with respect to planning. To find out more about how we process your data please refer to the Council’s Privacy Policy for Planning.
Planning Application Validation Guide - Consultation
In accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and its associated National Planning Practice Guidance, Lancaster City Council regularly reviews their local list for the purposes of validating planning related applications. The Council’s local list is set out in its Planning Application Validation Guide. This guide has been updated taking into consideration new local and national planning policies and is available for consultation purposes. This updated version (PAVG Consultation - Oct2019 (PDF, 2.4MB)) will be available for a 6 week consultation period until Friday 29 November. If you wish to make any comments on the updated version please send them to [email protected] before the end of the consultation period. Please note that planning related applications will be validated in accordance with the existing 2019 Planning Application Validation Guide until the updated version has been consulted upon, amended where required and published. Once published it will replace the existing 2019 version and will be available on the Council’s website.
Planning application validation guide
Planning application fees
Planning application forms and guidance notes
| Application form | Guidance notes |
|---|---|
| Householder (for domestic projects) | Householder guidance |
| Full (also used for changes of use) | Full guidance |
| Outline (all matters reserved) | Outline (all matters) guidance |
| Outline (some matters reserved) | Outline (some matters) guidance |
| Reserved matters | Reserved matters guidance |
| Variation and/or removal of conditions | Variation/Removal guidance |
| Non-material amendment | NMA guidance and additional criteria |
| Application form | Guidance notes |
|---|---|
| Listed building consent | Listed building guidance |
| Advertisement consent | Advertisement guidance |
| Discharge of conditions | Discharge guidance |
| Proposed lawful development certificate | Proposed lawful development guidance |
| Existing lawful development certificate | Existing lawful development guidance |
| Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed works to a Listed Building | CoL Listed Building Guidance |
| Application form | Guidance notes |
|---|---|
| RN1 Prior approval for householders (Neighbour Notification Scheme) (DOC, 197KB) | RN1 Prior approval (householders) guidance (DOC, 200KB) |
| Prior approval for demolition | Prior approval (demolition) guidance |
| Prior approval for telecommunications | Prior approval (telecommunications) guidance |
| Prior approval for agricultural buildings to an alternative use (PDF, 226KB) | |
| Prior approval for agricultural buildings to a dwellinghouse | |
| Agricultural determinations (buildings) | Agricultural (buildings) guidance |
| Agricultural determination (roads and tracks) | Agricultural (roads and tracks) guidance |
| Application form | Guidance notes |
|---|---|
| Tree works | Tree works guidance notes |
| Hedgerow removal | Hedgerow removal guidance notes |
Last updated: 14 October 2019