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Christchurch House 40 Upper George Street Luton LU1 2RS

23/00196/TRECAWorks to Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 April 2023

Council decision: Deemed consent under legislationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Trees in Conservation Area: - T1 - Silver Birch - Reduce overall crown by 2m - T2 - Lawson Cypress - Fell to ground level G1 - Confier x 2 - Sectionally fell close to ground level.

Received
20 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Christchurch House 40 Upper George Street Luton LU1 2RS. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

97% of trees 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 2RS
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2023
Consultation expiry
22 March 2023
Consultation start
1 March 2023
Consultation end
22 March 2023
Last date for comments
22 March 2023
Target decision date
3 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Top Farm Beadlow Shefford SG17 5PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: Christ ChurchOn this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 27A Upper George Street, Luton LU1 2RDRegister 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    20 Feb

    Works to Tree: - T1 - Sycamore - Raise crown to 5m and sever Ivy

    ApprovedWorks to protected treesFiled alongside23/00195/TPOS
  2. 2023
    20 Feb

    Works to Trees in Conservation Area: - T1 - Silver Birch - Reduce overall crown by 2m - T2 - Lawson Cypress…

    This applicationApprovedTrees23/00196/TRECA

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