Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton

23/01249/MMAMDMinor Material AmendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 March 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Development of the vacant site to provide residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace (Class E/F) provision at ground floor level, with associated landscaping and amenity space, car and cycle parking, refuse storage, access and works. Minor Material amendment of planning permission 22/00195/FUL dated 11th October 2023 - (To vary condition nos. 2, 13, 17 and 19 to allow for additional residential units, alterations to layout and massing of buildings and associated coordination of landscape proposals, minor facade changes to proposed buildings, and the introduction of a second stair in each building).

Received: 23 October 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 12
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: SOUTH

ReceivedReceived23 Oct
ValidatedValidated6 Nov
Consult.Consultation4 Dec
TargetTarget Date12 Mar
DecidedDecided12 Mar

Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 12 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

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

Application type: Minor Material Amendment
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 7 December 2023
Consultation start: 13 November 2023
Consultation end: 4 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 13 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 7 December 2023
Last date for comments: 13 December 2023
Target decision date: 12 March 2024
Permission expires: 12 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Iceni Projects Da Vinci House 44 Saffron Hill London EC1N 8FH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 127 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 22 November 2023
Site notice start: 9 November 2023

Additional information

Documents: 78
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Land opposite Whitbread House, Flowers Way, Luton LU1 3GBRegister 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 (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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