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Phoenix House 2 - 4 Mill Street Luton LU1 2NA

21/00589/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 October 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Construction of additional 5th Floor to incorporate 17 additional bedrooms, rooftop lounge for penthouse suite with private garden, and the relocation of Air-Con plant room to roof of Lift Plant Room - Resubmission

Received
27 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.14 Jun
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Phoenix House 2 - 4 Mill Street Luton LU1 2NA. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 2NA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2021
Consultation expiry
14 June 2021
Consultation start
11 May 2021
Consultation end
14 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start
10 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
31 May 2021
Last date for comments
23 June 2021
Target decision date
1 October 2021
Permission expires
1 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Phoenix House 2-4 Mill Street Luton LU1 2NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
157 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 June 2021
Site notice start
11 May 2021

Additional information

Documents
27
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Mill Gardens, 16 - 26 Mill StreetRegister site at or near this address

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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