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The Larches Old Bedford Road Luton LU2 7PX

21/01333/TPOSWorks to protected treesApproved

Approved on 22 December 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Tees: T1 Copper Beech - Remove 1 x low lateral branch and crown lift the remaining branches to 3 metres above ground level, T2 Silver Birch - Crown raise to 3 metres from ground level, T3 Laurel - Reduce by 50% for general maintenance, G2 - Crown lift all low branches to 3 metres and clear lamp columns.

Received
23 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated9 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target4 Jan
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Larches Old Bedford Road Luton LU2 7PX. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

97% of trees 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
LU2 7PX
Application type
Works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 November 2021
Consultation expiry
16 December 2021
Consultation start
25 November 2021
Consultation end
16 December 2021
Last date for comments
23 December 2021
Target decision date
4 January 2022
Permission expires
22 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
32 Centurion Way Wootton Northampton NN4 6LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 December 2021

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

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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