32 - 42 Duke Street Luton LU2 0HH
Refused on 5 July 2024
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a two to four storey building to create 18 flats (12 two bed & 6 one bed) with associated paths, fences, landscaping, walls, refuse and cycle storage after demolition of existing commercial building
- Received
- 21 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 10
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- HIGH TOWN
- ReceivedReceived21 Aug
- ValidatedValidated20 Sep
- Consult.Consultation12 Oct
- TargetTarget Date5 Jul
- DecidedDecided5 Jul
Decided in 289 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 32 - 42 Duke Street Luton LU2 0HH. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 319 days, 38 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN. We hold 965 applications in total for the LU2 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
- LU2 0HH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 18
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 15 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 21 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 12 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 21 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 17 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 5 July 2024
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Optimis Consulting 16 St Cuthbert's Street Bedford MK40 3JG
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mrs Naila Malik
- Statutory period
- 289 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 September 2023
- Site notice start
- 25 September 2023
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 55
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 4-11 Burr Street, LU2 0HNRegister 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Luton
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