27 Barbers Lane Luton LU1 2HZ
Refused on 17 November 2022
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion and change of use from ground floor dry cleaners (Sui Generis) to a residential flat (Class C3)
- Received
- 21 July 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation29 Aug
- TargetTarget Date11 Nov
- DecidedDecided17 Nov
Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 27 Barbers Lane Luton LU1 2HZ. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Cultural Industries Quarter conservation area, with 3 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 1,823 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- LU1 2HZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 1 September 2022
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2022
- Consultation end
- 29 August 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 August 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 September 2022
- Last date for comments
- 7 September 2022
- Target decision date
- 11 November 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- David French Partnership Llp 43 Guildford Street LUTON LU12NQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 113 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 August 2022
- Site notice start
- 2 August 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
- Brownfield land register: 37-47 Cheapside, Luton LU1 2HNRegister 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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.
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