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Lancaster
What’s changing on your street?
Planning, new food places, roadworks, school inspections, GP ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses, for any LA and PR postcode. Free, from public records, updated every night.
Right now across Lancaster
- 4planning applications this week
- 171.7pcheapest unleaded, most around 175.4p
- 14hygiene scores this month
- 4,175local businesses listed
- 71food places waiting for a first inspection
This week’s top stories
Everything by topic-
Approved: 6 new homes at Victoria Inn Victoria Terrace Glasson Dock Lancaster Lancashire
Change of use and conversion of existing public house to 6 dwellings and communal area with associated external alterations/repairs, installation of external staircase, reduction of wall to rear outrigger creation of garden areas, erection of bike/bin stores and associated landscaping
Victoria Inn Victoria Terrace Glasson Dock Lancaster Lancashire LA2 0BT -
Approved: Rear extension at 1 Westfield Grove Morecambe Lancashire
Erection of a 3.4 metre deep, single storey rear extension with a maximum roof height of 3.8 metres and a maximum eaves height of 2.7 metres
1 Westfield Grove Morecambe Lancashire LA4 4LQ
Lancaster in numbers
Every area compared, from public recordsCrime
3,974crimes, June to August 2026Every area ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents, by type, with the trend.
House prices
£205kmiddle price, 420 sales in 6 monthsWhat homes really sold for in every area over six months, by type of home, from the Land Registry.
Planning
56applications and decisions, last monthNew planning applications and decisions in every area over the last month, the biggest housing schemes and what gets approved.
Food hygiene
14hygiene scores, last monthFood hygiene scores published in every area over the last month, the low scores, and new food places waiting for a first inspection.
Fuel prices
171.7pcheapest unleadedat Ascona Mossdale Service Station · most around 175.4p · dearest 181.9p · 18 stationsWhat every petrol station charges for unleaded and diesel, cheapest first, updated every half hour.
What's on
78events in the next 30 daysGigs, club nights, comedy and pop-up events in every area over the next 30 days, updated daily.
Street reports
3street problems reported this monthFly-tipping, potholes, graffiti and other street problems reported in every area this month, and what has been fixed.
Schools
65schools and their Ofsted resultsEvery state school and nursery with its latest Ofsted result, the new report cards, and how each area’s schools compare.
GPs, dentists and care
124GPs, dentists and care servicesGP surgeries, dentists, care homes and home care in every area, with their Care Quality Commission ratings.
Charities
436charities based in LancasterEvery registered charity based in each area, what it does, how big it is, and new ones as they register.
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What is MeBabber?
A free site that shows what’s changing near any LA and PR postcode in Lancaster, from public records: planning applications and decisions, new food places and hygiene scores, roadworks, school inspections, GP and care ratings, crime, house prices, what’s on and local businesses.
How often is it updated?
Every night. Planning, roadworks, licences, food hygiene and what’s on are checked daily; crime, house prices and school inspections are published monthly and checked weekly.
Does it cost anything?
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Why “me babber”?
It’s how Bristolians say “my friend”. MeBabber started in Bristol, just up the road, and now covers Lancaster too.