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Land Opposite 81 Abbots Wood Road Luton

21/01180/TELPrior Determinations for TelecommunicatiRefused

Refused on 12 October 2021

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed telecommunications installation: Proposed 20.0m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works.

Received
20 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
ROUND GREEN
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land Opposite 81 Abbots Wood Road Luton. Luton has handled 6 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across ROUND GREEN.

82% of all 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
Prior Determinations for Telecommunicati
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2021
Consultation expiry
18 September 2021
Neighbour consultation start
25 August 2021
Neighbour consultation end
18 September 2021
Last date for comments
18 September 2021
Target decision date
14 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Troy Mills, Helena House Troy Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 5GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 August 2021

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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