Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton
Approved on 19 December 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)26 conditions
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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). Minor Material amendment of planning permission 23/01249/MMAMD dated 12th March 2024. (Various amendments)
- Received
- 8 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 15
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived8 May
- ValidatedValidated29 May
- Consult.Consultation20 Jun
- TargetTarget Date19 Dec
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 204 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 225 days, 24 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
- 29 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 23 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 30 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 20 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 26 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 19 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 19 December 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Iceni Projects Da Vinci House 44 Saffron Hill London EC1N 8FH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 204 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 June 2024
- Site notice start
- 3 June 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 72
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
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)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202619 Jan
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ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00252/DOC - 202313 Oct
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ApprovedNon-material amendment23/01209/AMEND - 20212 Nov
Request for screening pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact…
ApprovedScreening Opinion21/01548/EIASCR
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Need a landscaping scheme? Landscape architects near this site
Conditions 6 and 8 on the decision ask for this.
- 4.4 miHarpenden
- 6.6 miDunstable
- 8.7 miSt. Albans
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
Contractors near this project
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- Manchester EICR LimitedElectrician0.2 mi
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