Skip to content

48 - 56 And Herald House 60-64 Church Street Luton

21/01572/DEMCONDemolition ConsultationPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Request for Prior Approval - Demolition of the former Noah Building which is a part-two / part-three storey, vacant, yellow brick building which fronts onto Church Street.

Received
9 November 2021
Decided
7 December 2021 · Prior Approval Not Required
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
SOUTH
Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

  1. Received9 Nov
  2. Validated9 Nov
  3. Consult.7 Dec
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Luton82% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for demolition at 48 - 56 And Herald House 60-64 Church Street Luton. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 28 days, 5 weeks quicker than Luton's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across SOUTH.

Application Details

Reference
21/01572/DEMCON
Address
48 - 56 And Herald House 60-64 Church Street Luton
Local Authority
Luton
Application Type
Demolition Consultation
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Not Required
Ward
SOUTH

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
70 Chancery Lane Holborn London WC2A 1AF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
9 November 2021
Consultation Expiry
7 December 2021
Target Decision Date
7 December 2021
Date Decided
7 December 2021
Date Validated
9 November 2021
Date Submitted
9 November 2021
Consultation Start
16 November 2021
Consultation End
7 December 2021
Last Date for Comments
9 December 2021
Permission Expires
7 December 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
28 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
18 November 2021

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
3
Documents
13
Constraints
8
Coordinates
51.880432, -0.410547
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Luton

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Power Court, Luton, LU1 3JJRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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 2026-10-09. 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.

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report