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149 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AH

22/00229/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 31 May 2022

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of single storey rear and basement extension to create one studio flat in basement and two bed flat on ground, first and second floor

Received
26 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided31 May

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 149 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AH. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 2 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.

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 5AH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2022
Consultation expiry
3 April 2022
Consultation start
10 March 2022
Consultation end
31 March 2022
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2022
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2022
Last date for comments
3 April 2022
Target decision date
1 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sa Design Consultantants Ltd 61 St Lawrence Avenue Luton, LU3 1QS

Planning decision

Statutory period
95 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/00229/REFUSE
Appeal status
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3304652
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 15 December 2023Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal
3309513
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 30 March 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Failure

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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