Appendix 4 - Scheme of Consultation on Planning Applications

Table 1 Scheme of Consultation on Planning Applications - General

GENERAL
ALL APPLICATIONS All neighbouring or adjoining residential properties, any residential properties opposite or other properties which in case officers opinion may be affected by the proposal;

The Parish Council or Local Council for the area (if any) and the Parish Council for any neighbouring area which, in the opinion of the case officer, are likely to be affected by the proposal;

Lancashire County Council (through weekly list)
APPLICATIONS AFFECTING ALL BUILDINGS, OPEN AREAS, TRANSPORT FACILITIES PEDESTRIAN ROUTES TO WHICH THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS;

APPLICATIONS RESULTING TIN THE CREATION OF NEW DWELLINGS;

APPLICATIONS RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF NEW, OR ALTERATIONS TO, EXISTING WORKPLACES;

APPLICATIONS FOR MEASURES TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY;

APPLICATIONS FOR NEW SHOP FRONTS AND CASH MACHINES

 Lancaster District Council - Access Officer (through weekly list);

One Voice (through the weekly list);
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS CLOSE TO OR STRADDLING THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY

MAJOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WITH POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON CENTRES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT

 Wyre Borough Council, Ribble Valley Borough Council,

South Lakeland District Council,

Craven District Council and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (as appropriate)
Table 2 Scheme of Consultation on Planning Applications - Development with Transport Implications

DEVELOPMENT WITH TRANSPORT IMPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS INVOLVING THE CREATION OR ALTERATION OF AN ACCESS TO A HIGHWAY;

THE CREATION OR ALTERATIONS TO AREAS FOR THE PARKING OF VEHICLES; WHICH, WOULD RESULT IN A MATERIAL INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OR CHARACTER OF TRAFFIC ENTERING OR LEAVING A CLASSIFIED ROAD OR PROPOSED HIGHWAY;

DEVELOPMENT LIKELY TO PREJUDICE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEYSHAM-M6 LINK ROAD;

 Lancashire County Council Environment Director (Highways)
APPLICATIONS AFFECTING OR WITHIN 67M OF THE M6, A601(M), ASSOCIATED SLIP ROADS AND JUNCTIONS;

DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICE FACILITIES SUCH AS REFRESHMENTS, FUEL OR PARKING WITHIN 400M OF A MOTORWAY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR SERVICE FACILITIES (>2HA) WITHIN 1KM OF A MOTORWAY JUNCTION

Highways Agency

Utility Service Providers (Development of Motorway Service Facilities only)
RETAIL AND LEISURE DEVELOPMENTS OF MORE THAN 1000 SQ M GROSS;

EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENTS OF MORE THAN 2500 SQ M GROSS;

HOSPITAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTS OF MORE THAN 2500 SQ M GROSS;

SPORTS VENUES WITH A CAPACITY OF 1500 SPECTATORS;

DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS INVOLVING THE CREATION OF A NEW OR DIVERSION OF AN EXISTING BUS SERVICE

 Lancashire County Council Business Travel Plan Co-Ordinator (via Lancashire County Concil Environment Director (Highways);
APPLICATIONS RESULTING IN AN INCREASE OR CHANGE IN CHARACTER OF TRAFFIC USING A RAIL LEVEL CROSSING OR COULD OTHERWISE AFFECT CROSSING SAFETY Highways Agency

Network Rail
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING A RAILWAY LINE OR STATION

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW STATION OR HALT;

 Network Rail

Virgin Trains (Lancaster)

Transpennine Express, Carnforth Station Trust

Lancashire County Council (Carnforth)

First North Western (Morecambe, Bare Lane, Silverdale, Heysham)

Arriva Trains Northern (Wennington)
DEVELOPMENT LIKELY TO AFFECT THE LANCASTER CANAL, GLASSON  BRANCH, GLASSON BASIN AND ANY FEEDER CHANNEL, WATERCOURSE, LET OFF OR CULVERT; British Waterways

Environment Agency
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING A BUS ROUTE OR BUS STATION

DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS INVOLVING THE CREATION OF A NEW OR DIVERSION OF AN EXISTING BUS SERVICE

 Lancashire County Council

Lancaster local Transport Partnership;
DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD AFFECT A CYCLE ROUTE OR RESULT IN THE CREATION OF A NEW CYCLE ROUTE Lancaster City Council - Engineering

Lancaster City Council - Accessibility Officer

Dynamo

Sustrans

The Ramblers Association

The British Horse Society
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING A FOOTPATH, BRIDLE PATH OR OTHER RIGHT OF WAY The Ramblers Association

Lancaster City Council - Accessibility Officer

The British Horse Society

The Byways and Bridleways Trust
WIND TURBINE PROPOSALS WITHIN 30 KM OF BLACKPOOL AIRPORT

APPLICATION FOR ANY STRUCTURE OF MORE THAN 91.4M IN HEIGHT

 The Civil Aviation Authority
Table 3 Scheme of Consultation on Planning Applications - Development with Built Environment Implications
DEVELOPMENT WITH BUILT ENVIRONMENT IMPLICATIONS
BUILDINGS WITH A SIGNIFICANT VISUAL IMPACT ON LANCASTER OR MORECAMBE CENTRES;

PROPOSALS WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE OR THE USES THEY CONTAIN

note) this category includes:

Large buildings or groups of buildings such as courts,

Large religious buildings, museums or art galleries, hospitals, shopping and leisure complexes and office or commercial buildings;

Infrastructure projects such as stations, transport interchanges, bridges, power stations and waste incinerators; and

Major changes in the public realm such as pedestrianisation schemes or proposals to enhance public squares and civic open spaces

PROPOSALS WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THEIR SITE

In this category  are proposals which affect important views - into or from a world heritage sites, for example - or are sited in such a way that they give rise to exceptional effects on their locality, a relatively moderate proposal can be of strategic importance to a town or city if it is situated at an important street junction, in a square, on a riverbank or on the approach to the urban area.

PROPOSALS WITH AN IMPORTANCE GREATER THAN THEIR SIZE, USE OR SITE WOULD SUGGEST

this includes:

Proposals which are likely to establish the planning, form or architectural quality for future large scale development or re-development;

Proposals which are out of the ordinary in their context or setting because of their scale, form or materials;

Proposals which are particularly relevant to the quality of everyday life and contain design features which , if repeated, would offer substantial benefits for society.


The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

Lancaster Civic Society (Lancaster only)

Warton Village Society (Warton only)
APPLICATIONS IN AREAS OF KNOWN OR LIKELY ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST County Archaeological Officer
ALL APPLICATIONS AFFECTING LISTED BUILDINGS, CONSERVATION AREAS AND ANCIENT MONUMENTS Lancaster City Council - Conservation Officer

Lancaster Civic Society (Lancaster only)
DEVELOPMENT LIKELY TO AFFECT THE SITE OR SETTING OF AN ANCIENT MONUMENT, OR NATIONALLY IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS English Heritage

County Archaeological Officer

Lancaster Civic Society (Lancaster Only)
DEVELOPMENT LIKELY TO AFFECT THE SETTING OF A LISTED BUILDING; DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING THE DEMOLITION OF THE WHOLE OR PART, OR MATERIAL ALTERATION OF A LISTED BUILDING. English Heritage (Grade 1 or 2*) only

Friends of the Winter Gardens (Winter Gardens only)

Friends of the Midland Hotel (Midland Hotel only)

Lancaster City Council - Conservation Officer

Lancaster Civic Society (Lancaster only)
APPLICATIONS FOR LISTED BUILDING CONSENT English Heritage (works on Grade 1 or 2* Listed Building, works involving the demolition of any principle Grade 2 building and works involving demolition of a principle external wall or substantial part of the interior of a Listed Building)

Lancaster City Council - Conservation Officer

Lancaster Civic Society (Lancaster only)
APPLICATIONS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE CHARACTER OR APPEARANCE  OF A CONSERVATION AREA; English Heritage (development or change of use where the site area is greater than 1000sq. m or whether the building is more than 20m in height only)

Warton Village Society (Warton only)

Poulton Neighbourhood Management (Morecambe only)

Poulton Residents Association (Morecambe only)

Lancaster City Council - Conservation Officer

Lancaster Civic Society (Lancaster only)
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING WILLIAMSON'S PARK OR CAPERNWRAY HALL OR OTHER DESIGNATED HISTORIC PARK OR GARDEN Lancaster Civic Society (Williamson's Park only)

The Garden History Society

City Council Conservation Officer

*English Heritage are consulted on Grade 1 and Grade 2* Parks and Gardens. Capernwray and Williamson's Park are Grade 2.


Table 4 Scheme of Consultation on Planning Applications - Development with Environmental Implications
SIGNIFICANT APPLICATIONS WITHIN ARNSIDE-SILVERDALE AONB Arnside Silverdale AONB unit
DEVELOPMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE RURAL LANDSCAPE The Ramblers

Countryside Agency

Campaign for the Protection of Rural England
DEVELOPMENTS REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT The Environment Agency and all other relevant statutory consultees;
DEVELOPMENT  WITHIN MINERALS CONSULTATION AREAS Lancashire County Council - Minerals Planning Unit
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING A SITE OF INTERNATIONAL NATURE CONSERVATION IMPORTANCE, A SITE SUBJECT TO A LIMESTONE PAVEMENT ORDER, OR A SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST OR A PROTECTED SPECIES; English Nature

Lancashire County Council - County Ecologist
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING A COUNTY BIOLOGICAL OR GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE SITE

DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING HABITAT CREATION

 English Nature

Lancashire Wildlife Trust

Lancashire County Council, Lancashire RIGS (Geological sites only)

River Keer Group (Keer catchment only)

RSPB
DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING WORKS OR OPERATIONS ON THE BED OR BANKS OF A RIVER OR STREAM Environment Agency

River Keer Group (Keer catchment only)
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 500M OF OR AFFECTING ANCIENT SEMI NATURAL OR REPLANTED WOODLANDS Forestry Commission

English Nature
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING PROTECTED TREES OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT TREES Tree Warden (TPO's only)

Arboricultural consultant
DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING THE REFINING OR STORAGE OF MINERAL OILS; Environment Agency

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health
DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING THE USE OF LAND AS A CEMETERY Environment Agency, Utility Service Providers

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 250M OF LAND CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY IN USE FOR WASTE DISPOSAL Environment Agency

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF FISH FARMING Environment Agency

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health
DEVELOPMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT FLOOD DEFENCE CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN RIVER AND COASTAL FLOOD PLAINS, DEVELOPMENT RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT SURFACE WATER RUN-OFF AND THE CULVERTING OR DIVERSION OF ANY WATERCOURSE Environment Agency

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health

Lancaster City Council - Engineers
THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL CARAVAN SITES Environment Agency

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health
POTENTIALLY POLLUTING DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO INCREASED INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE INTO A RIVER OR ESTUARY Environment Agency Utility Service Providers

River Keer Group (River Keer only)

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL RESULTING IN THE CREATION OR ALTERATION OF PREMISES USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF HOT FOOD Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health

Utility Service Providers
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 500M OF A SITE SUBJECT TO INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL OR SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION REGULATIONS Environment Agency

Utility Service providers

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health
DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING, INDIVIDUALLY OR CUMULATIVELY THE LOSS OF MORE THAN 20 HA OF GRADE 1,2 OR 3A AGRICULTURAL LAND. DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING COMMERCIAL CUTTING AND TURF SPLITTING Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Lancashire County Council - Land Agent
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING A FARM HOLDING AND PROPOSALS FOR NEW AGRICULTURAL WORKERS DWELLINGS Lancashire County Council - Land Agent


Table 5 Scheme of Consultation on Planning Applications - Development with Economic Implications
DEVELOPMENT WITH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
NEW RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN LANCASTER,  MORECAMBE AND CARNFORTH TOWN CENTRES Lancaster and Morecambe Chamber of Commerce

Carnforth Chamber of Commerce (Carnforth only)

Town Centre Shopping Centres

Utility Service Providers
DEVELOPMENT FOR B1, B2 AND B8 INDUSTRY;

DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF AN EXISTING EMPLOYMENT SITE

 Lancaster and Morecambe Chamber of Commerce

Morecambe and District Chamber of Trade and Commerce (Morecambe and Heysham only)

Lancaster City Council Economic Development Service
DEVELOPMENT RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF NEW TOURISM AND VISITOR ATTRACTIONS AND/OR ACCOMMODATION; DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE LOSS OF EXISTING TOURISM AND VISITOR ATTRACTIONS AND/OR ACCOMMODATION; Lancaster and Morecambe Chamber of Commerce

Morecambe and District Chamber of Trade (Morecambe and Heysham only)
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING THE BAILRIGG BUSINESS PARK North West Development Agency

Lancaster University

Lancaster and Morecambe Chamber of Commerce

Lancaster City Council Economic Development Service

South Lancaster Residents Association

Table 6 Scheme of Consultation for Planning Applications - Development with Social, Cultural and Community Safety Implications
DEVELOPMENT WITH SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY SAFETY IMPLICATIONS
DEVELOPMENT FOR HOUSING ESTATES, INDUSTRIAL ESTATES, SHOPPING CENTRES, LEISURE COMPLEXES AND CAR PARKS;

PROPOSALS FOR NEW PUBS, HOT FOOD TAKEAWAYS AND NIGHT CLUBS;

PROPOSALS FOR NEW SECURITY MEASURES;

PROPOSALS INVOLVING NEW FOOTPATHS, CYCLE ROUTES AND PUBLIC LANDSCAPED AREAS;

 Lancashire Constabulary

Utility Service Providers
DEVELOPMENT RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF NEW LICENSED PREMISES; Lancashire Constabulary
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THAN 20 FAMILY DWELLINGS;

DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING THE CREATION OF NEW PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND CHILDREN'S PLAY SPACE;

 Lancaster City Council - Leisure Services

Utility Service Providers
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 25 OR MORE DWELLINGS OR 0.4 OR MORE HECTARES;

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AFFORDABLE OR SOCIAL HOUSING;

DEVELOPMENT IN THE POULTON AND WEST END RENEWAL AREAS;

 Lancaster City Council - Strategic Housing Services
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THAN 100 UNITS; North West Regional Assembly

Lancashire County Council
PROPOSALS FOR NEW STUDENT ACCOMMODATION Lancaster University
DEVELOPMENT RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF LAND CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY IN USE AS A PLAYING FIELD;

PROPOSALS TO REPLACE THE GRASS SURFACE OF A PLAYING PITCH WITH A MAN MADE OR COMPOSITE SURFACE;

PROPOSALS RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF USE OF A MAJOR SPORTS FACILITY (E.G.SPORTS HALL, SWIMMING POOL OR GOLF COURSE)

THE CREATION OF NEW PLAYING PITCHES;

THE CREATION OF A BODY OF WATER OF MORE THAN 2HA

MAJOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

 Sport England

Lancaster and Morecambe Sports Council
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING WATER OR ELECTRICITY MAINS Utility Service Provider
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GAS MAINS British Gas - Transco
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION LINES Utility Service Provider
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING HEYSHAM POWER STATIONS British Energy, Health and Safety Executive, Lancashire County Council - Emergency Planning
DEVELOPMENT WITH EMERGENCY SERVICE IMPLICATIONS Fire and Rescue Services
PROPOSALS FOR GYPSY SITES AND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AFFECTING OR RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF EXISTING GYPSY SITES The Gypsy Council

Environment Agency

Lancaster City Council Environmental Health
DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING THE DUKES, GRAND OR NUFFIELD THEATRE, THE DOME THEATRE OR THE VICTORIA PAVILIONS/WINTER GARDENS OR ANY OTHER BUILDING WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED AS A THEATRE The Theatres Trust

Relevant Local Bodies
PROPOSALS INVOLVING THE CREATION OF NEW OR THE REGULARISATION OF EXISTING HOUSING IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION; Lancaster City Council - Strategic Housing
DEVELOPMENT WITH DRAINAGE IMPLICATIONS Lancaster City Council - Engineering Service (Drainage)
PROPOSALS FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL HOMES, CARE HOMES AND SHELTERED HOUSING Lancashire County Council Social Services

Lancaster City Council - Environmental Health

National Care Standards Council