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Car Park 37 - 41 Cheapside Luton

24/00800/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a three and five-storey building comprising 28 flats (12 one-bedroom and 16 two-bedroom), six commercial units (Class E), gym (Class E), and basement level (gym, storage and servicing), together with the de-culverting of the River Lea to create a new public thoroughfare and space, following demolition of car park and associated structures. Discharge of conditions 3 (Construction Environmental Method Plan), 20 (Detailed designs of the de-culverted section), 21 (Surface water drainage strategy ),25 (Noise impact assessment), 28 (Desktop study), 29 (Intrusive Phase 2 site investigation report ) and 30 (Remediation strategy ) of Planning permission 21/00047/FUL dated 27th May 2022.

Received
2 July 2024
Decision due
11 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 14 October 2026
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated2 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 28 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (64)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Car Park 37 - 41 Cheapside Luton. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 July 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Plaiters Lea conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

96% of conditions 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
Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
28

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 July 2024
Consultation expiry
15 April 2025
Consultation start
1 April 2025
Consultation end
28 July 2026
Last date for comments
15 April 2025
Decision issued
22 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
EMP Construction Services 23-27 King Street Luton LU1 2DW

Planning decision

Decision
Final disposal (Article 40 DMPO)
Case officer
Franc Genley
Statutory period
283 days

Additional information

Documents
64
Constraints
4

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
  • Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
  • Listed building: Grade II: 53, CheapsideOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 37-47 Cheapside, Luton LU1 2HNRegister site at or near this address

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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© 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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