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The Larches Luton

24/00704/TPOSWorks to protected treesApproved

Approved on 30 August 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees - T1 - Mature Beech - Prune back branches around the lamppost and lightly crown raise the lowest branches back to suitable secondary growth points and unions by approximately 1 metre, T2 Holly - This has an overextended Holly stem which is to be reduced in height by approximately 3 metres, T3 Holly - Reduce in height by approximately 2-3 metres, G2 Sycamores within the mixed Species Hedgerow Adjacent to the River Lea - Remove the lateral branches extending over the River, G3 Mixed Tree Belt - Remove the collapsed Laburnum stems and cut back the low vegetation obstructing the public footpath back to the fence line.

Received
7 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.30 Jul
  4. Target30 Aug
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Larches Luton. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN.

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

Application type
Works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2024
Consultation expiry
30 July 2024
Consultation start
9 July 2024
Consultation end
30 July 2024
Last date for comments
30 July 2024
Target decision date
30 August 2024
Permission expires
30 August 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Salcey Limited Unit 10 Chapel Farm Hanslope Road Hartwell Northants NN7 2EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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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.

Source: Luton

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