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Wenlock Court Manor Road Luton

22/00680/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 September 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the buildings from student accommodation to flexible hotel/student accommodation use.

Received
29 May 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
5
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Jul
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 109 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Wenlock Court Manor Road Luton. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

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

Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2022
Consultation expiry
28 September 2022
Consultation start
21 June 2022
Consultation end
12 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
14 September 2022
Neighbour consultation end
28 September 2022
Last date for comments
28 September 2022
Target decision date
30 September 2022
Committee meeting
28 September 2022
Permission expires
30 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
70 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
109 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 July 2022
Site notice start
22 June 2022

Additional information

Documents
18
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 89 - 93 Park Street, Luton LU1 3HGRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (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.

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

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© 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.

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