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1 - 11 Vestry Close Luton LU1 1AR

23/01013/TPOSWorks to protected treesApproved

Approved on 13 October 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Tree - T1 - Sycamore - Reducing and remove lateral branches to provide clearance to street light.

Received
28 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
DALLOW
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Oct
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 - 11 Vestry Close Luton LU1 1AR. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 10 days quicker than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across DALLOW. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.

97% of trees 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 1AR
Application type
Works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2023
Consultation expiry
5 October 2023
Consultation start
14 September 2023
Consultation end
5 October 2023
Last date for comments
5 October 2023
Target decision date
6 November 2023
Permission expires
13 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 3b, Orchard Cottage Thorney Mill Road Iver SL0 9AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Rothesay Conservation Area 4Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 13-31 Dunstable Road, Luton LU1 1BGRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

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.

Source: Luton

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