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8 Alma Street Luton LU1 2PL

21/00875/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 September 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and change of use from community infrastructure (Class D1) to 36 flats (16 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom) (Class C3) across the second, part of the fourth, fifth and part of the sixth floor. - Discharge of Condition No. 3 (Construction Method Statement and Condition No. 7 (Noise Impact Assessment) of Planning Permission No. 19/00926/COU dated 17th March 2020

Received
22 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 8 Alma Street Luton LU1 2PL. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

96% of conditions 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 2PL
Application type
Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
36

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2021
Consultation expiry
15 July 2021
Consultation start
24 June 2021
Consultation end
15 July 2021
Last date for comments
15 July 2021
Target decision date
17 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Finsbury Circus House 15 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
8

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 7, New Bedford RoadOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: 6 - 8 Gordon 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

Source: Luton

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