North West · District
Lancaster
Lancaster approved 83% of the applications it decided, 4% below the England average.
Approved
83%
England 87%
Decided on time
93.4%
Inside the statutory period
Applications a year
718
Decided in the reporting year
Against the country
Harder than the average.
The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).
Lancaster
83%
England
87%
Standard-method local housing need: 415 dwellings a year.
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17% of applications here are refused.
Lancaster decided 718 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 17% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.
Wren drafts against this authority's own plan, a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Lancaster's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.