Regional House 28 - 34 Chapel Street Luton LU1 2SE
Refused on 13 November 2023
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use of building from a use Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order to a use Class C3 (dwellinghouses) to create 15 flats on the first, second, part of the third and fourth floors of the property.
- Received
- 18 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation12 Oct
- TargetTarget Date13 Nov
- DecidedDecided13 Nov
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Regional House 28 - 34 Chapel Street Luton LU1 2SE. Luton has handled 2,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- LU1 2SE
- Application type
- Prior - Class E to Resi
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 15
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 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
- 16 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 November 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- SA Design Consultants Ltd 61 St Lawrence Avenue Luton LU3 1QS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 September 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
- 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20211 Nov
Display of one externally illuminated built up letters sign and one non-illuminated fascia logo sign.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent21/01538/ADV - 202125 Aug
Creation of third floor comprising of restaurant and roof top garden. - Discharge of Conditions 3 (External…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/01204/DOC
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