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Hat Gardens Former Silver Street Car Park Silver Street Luton LU1 1EF

22/01547/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 21 April 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of five suspended Flamingos on southern back of Open Lea River, with associated feature lighting.

Received
30 November 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hat Gardens Former Silver Street Car Park Silver Street Luton LU1 1EF. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 1EF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2023
Consultation expiry
23 March 2023
Consultation start
18 January 2023
Consultation end
10 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
7 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2023
Last date for comments
23 March 2023
Target decision date
21 April 2023
Committee meeting
23 March 2023
Permission expires
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Town Hall Upper George Street Luton LU1 2BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
95 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 January 2023
Site notice start
7 February 2023

Appeal history

3317529
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 November 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Failure

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
9

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: 37-47 Cheapside, Luton LU1 2HNRegister site at or near this address · +1 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    17 May

    Installation of five suspended Flamingos on southern back of Open Lea River, with associated feature…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/00558/DOC
  2. 2022
    30 Nov

    Installation of five suspended Flamingos on southern back of Open Lea River, with associated feature lighting.

    This applicationApprovedFull22/01547/FUL

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