Bute Street Shoppers Car Park Church Street Luton

21/01115/EIASCRScreening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 October 2021

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Request for screening pursuant to Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) Regulations 2017 (as amended) in connection with the proposed development at Bute Street Car Park.

Received: 30 July 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: SOUTH

ReceivedReceived30 Jul
ValidatedValidated30 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Aug
DecidedDecided19 Oct

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Bute Street Shoppers Car Park Church Street Luton. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

82% of outline 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

Application type: Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 July 2021
Target decision date: 20 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Town Hall George Street Luton LU1 2BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3Part of the site
Listed building: Grade II: George Ii Public HouseOn or next to this site
Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town CentrePart of the site
Brownfield land register: Bute Street Car Park, Church Street, LutonRegister site at or near this address · +1 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.

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Source: Luton

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