Car Park Adjacent 1 To 11 Cumberland Street Luton

22/00211/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 11 October 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Development of the vacant site to provide 246 residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace (Class E/F) provision at ground floor level, with associated landscaping and amenity space, car and cycle parking, refuse storage, access and works.

Received: 11 February 2022
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 12
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: SOUTH

ReceivedReceived11 Feb
ValidatedValidated24 Feb
Consult.Consultation7 Jun
TargetTarget Date11 Oct
DecidedDecided11 Oct

Decided in 594 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Car Park Adjacent 1 To 11 Cumberland Street Luton. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 607 days, 79 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

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

Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 246

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 February 2022
Consultation expiry: 7 June 2022
Consultation start: 2 March 2022
Consultation end: 7 June 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 2 March 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 26 March 2022
Last date for comments: 15 April 2022
Target decision date: 11 October 2023
Committee meeting: 26 October 2022
Permission expires: 11 October 2026

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: 594 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 25 March 2022
Site notice start: 15 March 2022

Additional information

Documents: 106
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: 1 - 11 Cumberland Street, Luton LU1 3BWRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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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