55 George Street Luton LU1 2AL
Approved on 22 March 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of a bank (Class A2) and a retail unit (Class A1) to an adult gaming centre (sui generis) - Variation of Condition No. 4 (Sound Insulation) of Planning Permission No. 19/01270/COU dated 20th November 2019
- Received
- 15 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived15 May
- ValidatedValidated15 May
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date22 Mar
- DecidedDecided22 Mar
Decided in 312 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at 55 George Street Luton LU1 2AL. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 312 days, 37 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
96% of conditions 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 2AL
- Application type
- Variation of Conditions
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2024
- Consultation start
- 19 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 26 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 May 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 22 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 22 March 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- First Floor, South Wing Equinox North, Great Park Road Almondsbury Bristol BS32 4QL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 312 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 June 2023
- Site notice start
- 24 May 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
- Brownfield land register: 55 George Street, Luton LU1 2AL and 2B George Street West, Luton lU1 2BXRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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