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Lester Hall 48 - 54 John Street Luton

21/01296/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 28 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and change of use from student accommodation Class (C2) to 14 flats (13 x three bedroom) and (1 x two bedroom) flats (Class C3).

Received
16 September 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided28 Dec

Decided in 794 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lester Hall 48 - 54 John Street Luton. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. The site is in the Plaiters Lea conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2021
Consultation expiry
28 November 2021
Consultation start
4 November 2021
Consultation end
25 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
28 November 2021
Last date for comments
1 December 2021
Target decision date
29 December 2023
Committee meeting
19 December 2022
Permission expires
28 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Lavata Group Limited 64 Anderson Drive Whitnash Leamington Spa CV31 2RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
795 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 November 2021
Site notice start
4 November 2021

Appeal history

3277673
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 October 2021Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
20
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 39-51 John Street, Luton LU1 2JERegister site at or near this address · +2 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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© 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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Source: Luton

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