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51 Wychwood Avenue Luton LU2 7HT

24/00601/FULHHFUL HouseholdRefused
Full

Refused on 24 July 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear conservatory and a rear dormer with two front roof lights to facilitate a loft conversion.

Received
16 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BARNFIELD
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 51 Wychwood Avenue Luton LU2 7HT. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across BARNFIELD. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

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

Postcode
LU2 7HT
Application type
FUL Household
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2024
Consultation expiry
27 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
3 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 June 2024
Last date for comments
27 June 2024
Target decision date
24 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3349333
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 November 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

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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