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53 Princess Street Luton LU1 5AT

22/00014/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 March 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective planning permission for conversion and change of use from office to a 5 person HMO.

Received
6 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 53 Princess Street Luton LU1 5AT. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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 5AT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2022
Consultation expiry
12 February 2022
Consultation start
19 January 2022
Consultation end
9 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2022
Last date for comments
12 February 2022
Target decision date
14 March 2022
Permission expires
14 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
17 Linkside Drive Swansea SA3 2BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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

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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. 2022
    28 Jun

    Retrospective planning permission for conversion and change of use from office to a 5 person HMO. - Discharge…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/00832/DOC
  2. 2022
    6 Jan

    Retrospective planning permission for conversion and change of use from office to a 5 person HMO.

    This applicationApprovedFull22/00014/FUL

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