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27A Upper George Street Luton LU1 2RD

21/00560/MMAMDMinor Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 August 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a building comprising of 46 one and two bedroom flats and 2 retail units on ground floor together with landscaping after demolition of existing building. Minor Material Amendment of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission 17/01004/FUL dated 11th July 2018. Minor Material Amendment of planning permission 19/01540/MMAMD dated 25th January 2021. (Changes to height, scale, materials, fenestration and removal of balconies, roof terrace and Con.21)

Received
21 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.7 Jun
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 27A Upper George Street Luton LU1 2RD. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 9 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications 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.

76% of amendment 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 2RD
Application type
Minor Material Amendment
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2021
Consultation expiry
10 June 2021
Consultation start
17 May 2021
Consultation end
7 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start
17 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
10 June 2021
Last date for comments
30 June 2021
Target decision date
20 August 2021
Permission expires
20 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
48A High Street Marlow SL7 1AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
98 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 June 2021
Site notice start
18 May 2021

Additional information

Documents
26
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1Part of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town CentrePart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 27A Upper George Street, Luton LU1 2RDRegister site at or near this address · +3 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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.

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  5. 2021
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  6. 2021
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