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23 - 25 Barbers Lane Luton LU1 2HZ

22/00417/LAWECertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 13 June 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of existing use - Change of use to an 8-person HMO

Received
6 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received6 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided13 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 23 - 25 Barbers Lane Luton LU1 2HZ. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaiters Lea conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

76% of amendment 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 2HZ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2022
Consultation expiry
19 May 2022
Consultation start
25 April 2022
Consultation end
16 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start
25 April 2022
Neighbour consultation end
19 May 2022
Last date for comments
25 May 2022
Target decision date
14 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1 Victoria Street Bristol BS1 6AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 May 2022
Site notice start
21 April 2022

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 37-47 Cheapside, Luton LU1 2HNRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Luton

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