Skip to content

28A Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NR

22/00755/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 February 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

Change of use of basement (Use Class E) to Tattoo Studio (Use Class Sui Generis) - Retrospective.

Received
14 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 224 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 28A Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NR. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 254 days, 28 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaiters Lea conservation area, with 7 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
LU1 2NR
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2022
Consultation expiry
11 August 2022
Consultation start
18 July 2022
Consultation end
8 August 2022
Neighbour consultation start
18 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end
11 August 2022
Last date for comments
19 September 2022
Target decision date
28 February 2023
Permission expires
23 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
David French Partnership Llp 43 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
229 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 July 2022
Site notice start
29 July 2022

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
5

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: 35 Guildford Street, Luton LU1 2NRRegister 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 (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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near LU1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address