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Footway Links Way Luton

24/00896/TPOSWorks to protected treesApproved

Approved on 29 October 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Works to Trees (E107/068): APK T008 -Horse chestnut. Crown lift to 4m above ground level. APK T011 - Horse chestnut. Fell to ground level due to stem decay. Replace with 10-12cm stem girth Aesculus indica in adjacent location

Received
26 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
ICKNIELD
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Sep
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Footway Links Way Luton. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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
1 August 2024
Consultation expiry
10 September 2024
Consultation start
20 August 2024
Consultation end
10 September 2024
Last date for comments
10 September 2024
Target decision date
26 September 2024
Permission expires
29 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Great North Road Welwyn AL6 0PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
1

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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