71 - 73 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AA
Refused on 29 March 2022
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use from retail (Class E) to (C3) residential. (Class MA) part of ground floor to 1 bed flat.
- Received
- 28 January 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated1 Feb
- Consult.Consultation2 Mar
- TargetTarget Date29 Mar
- DecidedDecided29 Mar
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 71 - 73 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AA. Luton has handled 2,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- LU1 5AA
- Application type
- Prior - Offices to Resi
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 February 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2022
- Consultation start
- 9 February 2022
- Consultation end
- 2 March 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 February 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 8 March 2022
- Target decision date
- 29 March 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 78 York Street Westminster London W1H 1DP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 February 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 9 - 15 Adelaide StreetRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202225 Jul
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of…
RefusedPrior - Offices to Resi22/00981/PACOM - 202120 Sep
Display of two internally illuminated signs (1 fascia and 1 projecting)
ApprovedAdvertisement consent21/01309/ADV - 202127 Jul
Request for Prior Approval Class M of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/01075/DOC - 202119 Mar
Request for Prior Approval Class M of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General…
ApprovedPrior - Class E/bett off/loans to Resi21/00419/PARTR
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