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Kings House, George Street West And 13-15 King Street Luton LU1 2BJ

21/00696/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 January 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of three storey front extension, part three/six storey rear extension and an additional storey to provide 9 flats ( 3 x 3 bedroom, 4 x 2 bedroom and 2 x 1 bedroom), additional office and commercial accommodation and external alterations to the appearance of the building.

Received
17 May 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 221 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Kings House, George Street West And 13-15 King Street Luton LU1 2BJ. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 239 days, 26 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 2BJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2021
Consultation expiry
2 July 2021
Consultation start
8 June 2021
Consultation end
29 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start
8 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
2 July 2021
Last date for comments
7 July 2021
Target decision date
12 January 2022
Permission expires
11 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Steel City House 2 West Street Sheffield S1 2GQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
222 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 June 2021
Site notice start
9 June 2021

Appeal history

3302082
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 March 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
3291712
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 April 2022Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
55
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: Railings at Number 3On or next to this site · +3 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 7-11 King StreetRegister site at or near this address · +2 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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