Car Park Silver Street Luton

21/01739/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 May 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Proposed de-culverting of River Lea and Forming a new Public Open Space after demolition of existing car park. Discharge of conditions 4 (materials), 5 (landscaping), 6 (landscape management plan), 7 (external lighting), 8 (boundary treatment) and 12 (ecological management plan) of planning permission 20/00489/FUL dated 21st December 2020.

Received: 13 December 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: SOUTH

ReceivedReceived13 Dec
ValidatedValidated13 Dec
Consult.Consultation10 Jan
TargetTarget Date7 Feb
DecidedDecided30 May

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Car Park Silver Street Luton. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaiters Lea conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

96% of conditions 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: Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 December 2021
Consultation expiry: 10 January 2022
Consultation start: 20 December 2021
Consultation end: 10 January 2022
Last date for comments: 10 January 2022
Target decision date: 7 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington DL3 7EH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 34
Constraints: 9

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
Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town Centre
Brownfield land register: 37-47 Cheapside, Luton LU1 2HNRegister site at or near this address · +1 more

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.

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