Powderhouse Lane, Lancaster
Key Features
- Development Opportunity
- Class F1 Education use secured
- Multiple other uses possible - subject to planning
- NO VAT
- No Rates Payable - subject to successful application
- Plot suitable for residential building - subject to planning
- Large external space with approx parking for 30 cars
Description
: A purpose built former meeting house that offers well proportioned internal accommodation. The
premises are brick built and comprise a main entrance hallway, anti-room with kitchenette, store and male and female ; at its heart is a principal meeting room.
Externally there is a good sized yard space, currently laid out for parking and which will accommodate approximately 30 car parking spaces. This is fully enclosed by fence line boundary.
Location: Situated opposite Vale of Lune Rugby Club and Westgate Cricket Club, the premises are accessed off Torrisholme Road. The area is easily accessible from Lancaster city centre and Morecambe Town centre; the Bay Gateway A683 is less than ½ a mile from the property, this in turn linking with J34 of the M6 less than 3.25miles east.
West coast mainline access is available at Lancaster railway station and there is a regular bus link along Torrisholme Road. Lancaster & Morecambe College is within a ¼ mile and the retail centre of Torrisholme itself offers a mix of amenity service health and food shopping opportunity - this being ½ mile west.
Accommodation:
The building extends to:
247.99 Sq M (2,670 Sq Ft).
The site extends to:
1,632.42 Sq M (0.403 acres)
Tenure: Understood to hold a freehold title without onerous restriction, covenant, chief rent or tithe.
Timing & Terms: The freehold of the property is immediately available by way of a private treaty sale.
Business Rates: The Valuation Office Agency does not note an entry in the 2023 List.
Planning: The property would prove suitable for a variety of uses subject to the grant of planning (stp).
Lancaster City Council designate the passing use to be D4 but has recently been granted an F1 Education use (24/00313/FUL). The lot would prove suitable for a residential C3 Dwellinghouse use, for private dwellinghouse or an E Class use (STP).
Enquires of the local authority planning department may be made via the below details.
Local Authority & Economic Development: The local authority area is Lancaster City Council. The Planning Department and separately the Economic Development Team may be contacted on: T: W:
Services: The property is connected to mains gas, electricity, water and drainage. Heating & ventilation within the building is provided via a roof mounted HVAC system which provides tempered air, with hot water being serviced by a modern wall mounted gas boiler.
Price & Costs: Offers in excess of £250,000 are being sought for the freehold interest in property.
Each party is responsible for their own costs. Figures are quoted exclusive of VAT.
EPC:
An EPC rating of D-84 is evident. The certificate no. is 3068-1116-5446-5039-4990 being assessed as General Assembly & Leisure and expires 28th March 2033
Anti Money Laundering & Credit Check:
Applications will be subject to AML checks as required by HMRC Statutory Regulation the cost is £27.00 per application. Purchaser's may be subject to a credit reference checks on application to assign the lease; an application fee may apply.
VAT: Costs and sums noted within details are quoted exclusive of VAT.
Contract: Details and purchase of this business opportunity are proposed subject to contract.
Notes:
1. Subject to Contract / 2. Subject successful application
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-06
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
- Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Lancaster Ryelands Primary School470 metresOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 362
- Type
- Community school
- Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School718 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 320
- Type
- Community school
- Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 413
- Type
- Community school
- Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 188
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Josephs Catholic Primary School, Lancaster0.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 144
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
Secondary
- Our Lady's Catholic College0.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 981
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,038
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Girls
- Lancaster Royal Grammar School1.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,294
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Christian
- Morecambe Bay Academy1.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,045
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Lancaster High School1.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 567
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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