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42 Park Street Luton LU1 3ET

21/00434/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 1 June 2021

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and change of use of shop to two studio flats and external alterations.

Received
25 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated6 Apr
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 42 Park Street Luton LU1 3ET. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 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
LU1 3ET
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 April 2021
Consultation expiry
28 April 2021
Consultation start
7 April 2021
Consultation end
28 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2021
Neighbour consultation end
28 April 2021
Last date for comments
28 April 2021
Target decision date
1 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ground Floor, Unit 2 Warren Court Chicksands Shefford SG17 5QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 April 2021

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: The Cock Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: 46 - 52 Park Street, Luton LU1 3HPRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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