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Casablanca 2 Wild Cherry Drive Luton LU1 3UH

24/00149/TPOSWorks to protected treesApproved

Approved on 1 April 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Trees: Holm Oak - to reduce height by approx 3m and reduce width by approx 2-3m. Top tall Yew tree to blend with Holm Oak crown by approx 3m. To reduce height of Conifer by approx 5ft and trim sides. Cherry and 2 Hawthorn to reduce height by approx 3m and prune to shape lightly.

Received
5 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
FARLEY
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Casablanca 2 Wild Cherry Drive Luton LU1 3UH. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across FARLEY. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.

97% of trees 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 3UH
Application type
Works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2024
Consultation expiry
6 March 2024
Consultation start
14 February 2024
Consultation end
6 March 2024
Last date for comments
6 March 2024
Target decision date
1 April 2024
Permission expires
1 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Neil Shadbolt Tree Surgery Ltd 18 Bowland Crescent Dunstable LU6 3QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 13 London Road, Luton LU1 3UERegister 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.

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.

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