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5 Castle Street Luton LU1 3AA

23/00282/COUChange of UseWithdrawn
Discharge / amendments

Withdrawn on 22 May 2023

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from mixed use (Class E) to an eight person larger hmo (sui-generis)

Received
11 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
97
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Apr
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target6 Jun
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Castle Street Luton LU1 3AA. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 72 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 7 listed buildings 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.

76% of amendment 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 3AA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 April 2023
Consultation expiry
7 May 2023
Consultation start
13 April 2023
Consultation end
4 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
13 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2023
Last date for comments
10 May 2023
Target decision date
6 June 2023
Permission expires
22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
167-169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 April 2023
Site notice start
12 April 2023

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    25 Feb

    Construction of new toilet. Internal and external decorations

    ApprovedListed building consent23/00215/LBC

Source: Luton

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