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20 Chapel Street Luton LU1 2SE

23/00311/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 July 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from laundrette (Sui-Generis) to restaurant (Class-E) with erection of chimney flue (retrospective), Resubmission.

Received
17 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 Chapel Street Luton LU1 2SE. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 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 2SE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2023
Consultation expiry
5 May 2023
Consultation start
11 April 2023
Consultation end
2 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2023
Last date for comments
10 May 2023
Target decision date
7 July 2023
Permission expires
4 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
D-Lab 8-12 Clarence Road Depot Berkhamsted HP4 3AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
93 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 April 2023
Site notice start
19 April 2023

Appeal history

3328781
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 December 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
8

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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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    13 Aug

    Change of use from laundrette (Sui-Generis) to restaurant (Class-E) with erection of chimney flue…

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)24/00952/VARCON
  2. 2023
    17 Mar

    Change of use from laundrette (Sui-Generis) to restaurant (Class-E) with erection of chimney flue…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/00311/FUL

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