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Lea Halls Bute Street Luton

21/00872/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
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Withdrawn on 22 October 2021

Council decision: Application WithdrawnPlanning committee

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Proposal

Conversion and change of use of student accommodation (Sui Generis) to 144 flats (76 one-bedroom, 40 two-bedroom, 24 three-bedroom and four four-bedroom), together with construction of new entrance canopies added to existing buildings and alterations to parking provision, boundary treatments, lighting, cycle stores, bin stores, landscaping, public realm works, after demolition of existing on-site warden bungalow.

Received
21 June 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Lea Halls Bute Street Luton. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 123 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
144

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2021
Consultation expiry
5 August 2021
Consultation start
12 July 2021
Consultation end
3 August 2021
Neighbour consultation start
12 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
5 August 2021
Last date for comments
12 August 2021
Target decision date
1 November 2021
Permission expires
22 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Suite 4, Pioneer House Vision Park Histon Cambridge CB24 9NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
117 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 July 2021
Site notice start
13 July 2021

Appeal history

3294824
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 6 February 2023Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt
3297845
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 October 2022Dev Type: Minor general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
84
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 50, Guildford StreetOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town CentreNext to the site

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.

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.

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