Former Children Home Buckle Close Luton LU3 3RT
Approved on 16 September 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of an electricity substation and re-arrangement of car parking associated with planning permission 20/00764/FUL dated 6th January 2021. Minor material amendment of planning permission 21/01470/FUL dated 15th March 2022. (Amendment to the size and slight repositioning of the approved electricity sub-station.)
- Received
- 14 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- NORTHWELL
- ReceivedReceived14 Jun
- ValidatedValidated22 Jul
- Consult.Consultation14 Aug
- TargetTarget Date16 Sep
- DecidedDecided16 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Former Children Home Buckle Close Luton LU3 3RT. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across NORTHWELL. We hold 448 applications in total for the LU3 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- LU3 3RT
- Application type
- Minor Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 16 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 24 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 14 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 16 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 September 2024
- Permission expires
- 16 September 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Town Hall Upper George Street Luton LU1 2BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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
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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.
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