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9 Upper George Street & 4 Dunstable Place Luton LU1 2RD

23/01200/LAWECertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 November 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of existing development - commencement of works for application no: 08/01382/FUL.

Received
12 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 9 Upper George Street & 4 Dunstable Place Luton LU1 2RD. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

76% of amendment 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 2RD
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2023
Target decision date
7 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
36 Farrow Close Luton LU3 4EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 4 Dunstable Place & 9 Upper George StreetRegister 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 (20)

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 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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