18 Rothesay Road Luton LU1 1QX
Approved on 2 February 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Erection of 36 new apartments, 14 one bed, 15 two bed and 7 three bed units with accessible parking, cycle storage and amenity garden space after demolition of 18-22 Rothesay Road
- Received
- 13 July 2022
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 11
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived13 Jul
- ValidatedValidated1 Aug
- Consult.Consultation23 Aug
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 550 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 18 Rothesay Road Luton LU1 1QX. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 569 days, 73 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. 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.
80% of full 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.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- LU1 1QX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 36
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 August 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 26 August 2022
- Consultation start
- 2 August 2022
- Consultation end
- 23 August 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 August 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 August 2022
- Last date for comments
- 31 August 2022
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2024
- Committee meeting
- 22 February 2023
- Permission expires
- 2 February 2027
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Victoria House Ground Floor 199 Avebury Boulevard Central Milton Keynes Milton Keynes MK9 1AU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 550 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 August 2022
- Site notice start
- 3 August 2022
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 35
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 18-22 Rothesay RoadRegister site at or near this address · +2 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.
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