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Land Adjacent Charter House 1 Alma Street Luton LU1 2PL

21/01463/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 January 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of one new BT Street Hub after the removal of associated BT kiosk(s).

Received
18 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated9 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target4 Jan
  5. Decided4 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent Charter House 1 Alma Street Luton LU1 2PL. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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

Postcode
LU1 2PL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 November 2021
Consultation expiry
6 December 2021
Consultation start
12 November 2021
Consultation end
3 December 2021
Neighbour consultation start
12 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2021
Last date for comments
7 December 2021
Target decision date
4 January 2022
Permission expires
4 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Steam Packet House 76 Cross Street Manchester M2 4JG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 November 2021

Appeal history

3299713
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 August 2022Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
7

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
  • 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 (22)

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 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    18 Oct

    Installation of one new BT Street Hub after the removal of associated BT kiosk(s).

    This applicationApprovedFull21/01463/FUL
  2. 2021
    18 Oct

    Display of two digital 75" LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside21/01464/ADV

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