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4 - 11 Burr Street Luton LU2 0HN

21/00306/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 18 August 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of four five- to 11-storey buildings to provide 272 flats (107 one-bedroom, 140 two-bedroom and 25 three-bedroom), together with undercroft car parking, cycle parking, refuse/recycling storage, plant and associated landscaping (grade and roof level) following demolition of existing buildings.

Received
1 March 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received1 Mar
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 170 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 4 - 11 Burr Street Luton LU2 0HN. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 170 days, 16 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN. We hold 965 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

80% of full applications at Luton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LU2 0HN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
272

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2021
Consultation expiry
30 June 2021
Consultation start
8 March 2021
Consultation end
29 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
16 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
30 June 2021
Last date for comments
30 June 2021
Target decision date
20 August 2021
Committee meeting
30 June 2021
Permission expires
18 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
20 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
172 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 March 2021
Site notice start
8 March 2021

Additional information

Documents
103
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 4-11 Burr Street, LU2 0HNRegister site at or near this address · +9 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Luton

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