Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton

21/01548/EIASCRScreening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 November 2021

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Request for screening pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) Regulations 2017 (as amended) in connection with the erection of three new mixed-use development blocks comprising up to 390 residential units with balconies, commercial units at lower ground floor with associated car park, cycle parking, refuse storage and landscaping. (Castle Street)

Received: 2 November 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: SOUTH

ReceivedReceived2 Nov
ValidatedValidated2 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Nov
DecidedDecided26 Nov

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings 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: Large
Number of dwellings: 390

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 November 2021
Target decision date: 23 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: Da Vinci House 44 Saffron Hill London EC1N 8FH

Planning decision

Case officer: Clive Inwards
Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 5
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Land opposite Whitbread House, Flowers Way, Luton LU1 3GBRegister site at or near this address
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 (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.

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