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Land Adjacent To 79 Abbots Wood Road Luton, LU2 0LU

22/01398/TELPrior Determinations for TelecommunicatiRefused

Refused on 10 January 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed telecommunications installation: Installation of 18m monopole pole supporting six antennas with a wraparound equipment cabinet pole, three equipment cabinets and associated ancillary works replacing existing antennas on adjacent lampost

Received
31 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
ROUND GREEN
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land Adjacent To 79 Abbots Wood Road Luton, LU2 0LU. Luton has handled 6 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across ROUND GREEN. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

82% of all 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
LU2 0LU
Application type
Prior Determinations for Telecommunicati
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2022
Consultation expiry
21 December 2022
Consultation start
14 December 2022
Consultation end
21 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start
9 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2022
Last date for comments
21 December 2022
Target decision date
10 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit E Madison Place Northampton Road Manchester M40 5AG

Publicity

Site notice start
9 November 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/01398/REFUSE
Appeal status
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3320850
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 15 January 2024Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
37
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (23)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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© 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.

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