5 Cromwell Road Luton LU3 1DP
Approved on 15 July 2022
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of a 4 bed dwellinghouse (C3) to a 6 person HMO (C4)
- Received
- 7 March 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- BISCOT
- ReceivedReceived7 Mar
- ValidatedValidated30 Mar
- Consult.Consultation25 Apr
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 5 Cromwell Road Luton LU3 1DP. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 11 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BISCOT. We hold 448 applications in total for the LU3 postcode area.
82% of outline 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
- LU3 1DP
- Application type
- Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 March 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 28 April 2022
- Consultation start
- 4 April 2022
- Consultation end
- 25 April 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 April 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 April 2022
- Last date for comments
- 28 April 2022
- Target decision date
- 18 July 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 17 Church Hill Road Oxford OX4 3SG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 110 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 Aug
Change of use of a six person house in multiple occupation (HMO) Class C4 to an eight person large HMO (Sui…
ApprovedApplication26/00826/COU - 20261 Jan
Change of use of a six person house in multiple occupation (HMO) class C4 to an eight person large HMO (Sui…
RefusedApplication25/01336/FUL - 202317 Jul
Change of use of a six person house in multiple occupation (HMO) class C4 to an eight person large HMO (Sui…
RefusedFull Application23/00832/FUL - 20212 Jul
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed - Erection of rear dormer and side dormer onto outrigger to facilitate…
ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)21/00935/LAWP
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