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2 - 12 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NR

23/00711/AMENDNon Material AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 July 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Redevelopment of site for mixed-use to provide 177 flats (70 one-bed, 94 two-bed and 13 three-bedroom), two ground floor commercial units (Use Class E) and new public realm, amenity space and cycle parking. Non-Material amendment of planning permission 21/01693/FUL dated 9th May 2023. (Development of fire strategy resulted in amendments to the circulation cores and some floor plans and minor alterations to elevations)

Received
19 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 394 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 - 12 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NR. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 394 days, 48 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.

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 2NR
Application type
Non Material Amendments
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
177

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2023
Target decision date
17 July 2023
Permission expires
17 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Benchmark Architects Victoria House 199 Avebury Blvd Milton Keynes MK9 1AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
47
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3Part of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town CentrePart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 2-12 Guildford Street, Luton, LU1 2NRRegister site at or near this address · +1 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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
    22 Jun

    Redevelopment of site for mixed-use to provide 177 flats (70 one-bed, 94 two-bed and 13 three-bedroom), two…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside23/00740/DOC
  2. 2023
    19 Jun

    Redevelopment of site for mixed-use to provide 177 flats (70 one-bed, 94 two-bed and 13 three-bedroom), two…

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendment23/00711/AMEND

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