52 - 54 Bute Street Luton LU1 2EP
Approved on 27 February 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Alterations to shopfront (retrospective).
- Received
- 19 May 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived19 May
- ValidatedValidated10 Jun
- Consult.Consultation6 Jul
- TargetTarget Date28 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 627 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 52 - 54 Bute Street Luton LU1 2EP. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 649 days, 85 weeks 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 1,823 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 2EP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 June 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 9 July 2021
- Consultation start
- 15 June 2021
- Consultation end
- 6 July 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 June 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 July 2021
- Last date for comments
- 9 July 2021
- Target decision date
- 28 February 2023
- Permission expires
- 27 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 23 Brackendale Grove Luton LU3 2LT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 628 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 June 2021
- Site notice start
- 15 June 2021
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
- 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, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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