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The Atrium Park Street West And Burr Street Luton LU1 3BE

24/00845/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 25 September 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and change of use of the portion of the building marked in the accompanying drawings from Offices (Class E) to Education and Training Centre (Class F1) and interior layout to include provision of lecture rooms.

Received
15 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Atrium Park Street West And Burr Street Luton LU1 3BE. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 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
LU1 3BE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2024
Consultation expiry
31 August 2024
Consultation start
7 August 2024
Consultation end
28 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
7 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
31 August 2024
Last date for comments
4 September 2024
Target decision date
30 September 2024
Permission expires
25 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
32, Capel Road Flitwick Bedford MK45 1EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 August 2024

Appeal history

3367461
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 October 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 21 and 23, Park Street WestOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Brownfield land register: 46 - 52 Park Street, Luton LU1 3HPRegister 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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