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Search the Public Notice PortalA three-storey terraced house in Morecambe is to be converted into a house in multiple occupation after Lancaster City Council confirmed the change is lawful without the need for a full planning application.
The property at 10 Claremont Road, Morecambe, is currently a four-bedroom family home.
The applicant, Herbert Jolome Oburoh of London-based Morgaah Developments, applied to Lancaster City Council for a Lawful Development Certificate to convert it into a five-bedroom HMO for up to five residents.
Lancaster City Council granted the certificate on 19 March 2026, signed off by chief officer for planning and climate change Mark Cassidy.
The council's planning officer, Charlotte Hutton, concluded in her delegated report that no full planning application was required because the conversion falls within permitted development rights under the General Permitted Development Order.
"The change of use of a dwelling to a house in multiple occupation as detailed on the existing and proposed floor plans is deemed to be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3 Class L of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015," the decision notice states.
The officer's report noted that the property is a mid-terraced house with painted stonework to the front and no prior planning history.
Crucially, it is not located within an Article 4 Direction area a designation which, if in force, would have removed the permitted development rights and required a full planning application.
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"The proposed use would be lawful in planning terms and does not require the submission of a planning application," the report concluded.
The application involved only internal alterations, with no changes to the external appearance of the property proposed.
No specialist machinery is to be installed and the property will operate on normal residential hours.
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