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73 Buxton Road Luton LU1 1RE

23/01073/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 7 December 2023

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and change of use of six person house in multiple occupation (HMO) on first and loft floors to 3 flats (1 two bed and 2 one bed) and alterations to fenestration.

Received
11 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received11 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.12 Oct
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 73 Buxton Road Luton LU1 1RE. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 87 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There has been 1 other application 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 1RE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2023
Consultation expiry
12 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 October 2023
Last date for comments
12 October 2023
Target decision date
5 December 2023
Permission expires
7 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
88 Holland Road Ampthill MK45 2RS

Planning decision

Statutory period
82 days

Appeal history

3333645
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 July 2024Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (23)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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