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Luton Retail Park Gipsy Lane Luton

23/01120/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of one unit for use within Class E(a) as a sandwich shop/bakery and/or Class E(b) with external customer seating, servicing compound, connection to existing service yard and associated works (resubmission of application ref. 22/01116/FUL).

Received
22 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated5 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Luton Retail Park Gipsy Lane Luton. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 October 2023
Consultation expiry
2 November 2023
Consultation start
9 October 2023
Consultation end
30 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
9 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
2 November 2023
Last date for comments
7 December 2023
Target decision date
30 November 2023
Permission expires
1 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Soho Square London W1D 3QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 November 2023

Appeal history

3329356
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 February 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
31
Constraints
6

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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  6. 2023
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