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29 Albion Road Luton LU2 0DS

22/00726/PACOMPrior - Offices to ResiApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 13 March 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval permittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use from retail (Class E) to (C3) residential. (Class MA)- second floor of Building 01 to a self contained studio flat, Building 02 to 1 two bed and 1 one bed and Building 03 to 2 x two bed flats.

Received
31 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 286 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 29 Albion Road Luton LU2 0DS. Luton has handled 2,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 286 days, 33 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

Application details

Postcode
LU2 0DS
Application type
Prior - Offices to Resi
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2022
Consultation expiry
7 July 2022
Consultation start
13 June 2022
Consultation end
4 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
13 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
7 July 2022
Last date for comments
7 July 2022
Target decision date
13 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
66 Western Road Brentwood CM14 4SS

Planning decision

Statutory period
286 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 June 2022

Additional information

Documents
27
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 3-15 Cross Street, Luton LU2 0DPRegister 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 (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

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.

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