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High Town Engines Midland Road Luton LU2 0BL

22/00594/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 July 2022

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 8 two bed flats with associated car parking, cycle and refuse storage , landscaping and access following demolition of existing garage buildings.

Received
12 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at High Town Engines Midland Road Luton LU2 0BL. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN. We hold 965 applications in total for the LU2 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
LU2 0BL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2022
Consultation expiry
19 June 2022
Consultation start
26 May 2022
Consultation end
16 June 2022
Neighbour consultation start
26 May 2022
Neighbour consultation end
19 June 2022
Last date for comments
22 June 2022
Target decision date
19 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
24 Marriotts Close Felmersham Bedford MK43 7HD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 June 2022
Site notice start
30 May 2022

Additional information

Documents
28
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: High Town Road Conservation Area 2Next to the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: High Town RoadNext to the site
  • 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, 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, 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.

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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