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94 Midland Road Luton LU2 0BL

21/00648/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 August 2021

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and change of use of office (formally Class A2 now E) to hot food takeaway (sui generis) with installation of new shopfront, side extraction system, rear/side external staircase to first floor flat and alterations to external fenestration

Received
6 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 94 Midland Road Luton LU2 0BL. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 0BL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2021
Consultation expiry
18 July 2021
Consultation start
24 June 2021
Consultation end
15 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
18 July 2021
Last date for comments
12 August 2021
Target decision date
17 August 2021
Permission expires
12 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
30 Carlton Drive Wigston LE18 1DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 July 2021

Appeal history

3282619
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 March 2022Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: High Town Road Conservation Area 2
  • Heritage at Risk Register: High Town Road
  • Brownfield land register: 3-15 Cross Street, Luton LU2 0DPRegister 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 (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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© 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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