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27 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NQ

22/01314/ADVAdvert ApplicationApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 31 March 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Display of an externally illuminated fascia sign with brass lighting.

Received
13 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.30 Nov
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 144 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 27 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NQ. Luton has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaiters Lea conservation area, with 1 listed building 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.

80% of advertising 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 2NQ
Application type
Advert Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2022
Consultation expiry
3 December 2022
Consultation start
9 November 2022
Consultation end
30 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
9 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2022
Last date for comments
7 December 2022
Target decision date
2 January 2023
Permission expires
31 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
New Forest Design And Build 12 The Crest Luton LU3 2LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 November 2022
Site notice start
9 November 2022

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 33 Guildford Street, Luton LU1 2NRRegister site at or near this address · +3 more

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

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© 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

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