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33 - 35 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NQ

23/00924/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 October 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of entrance hoarding to prevent access to unauthorised visitors - Retrospective

Received
3 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 33 - 35 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NQ. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. 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.

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 2NQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2023
Consultation expiry
14 September 2023
Consultation start
21 August 2023
Consultation end
11 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
21 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
14 September 2023
Last date for comments
20 September 2023
Target decision date
20 October 2023
Permission expires
20 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
64 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 August 2023
Site notice start
23 August 2023

Appeal history

3348048
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 March 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
3346115
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 December 2024Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 33 Guildford Street, Luton LU1 2NRRegister site at or near this address · +2 more

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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