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24 Buchanan Drive Luton LU2 0RT

24/00915/LAWPCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 October 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Erection of rear dormer window with 3 front rooflights to facilitate loft conversion.

Received
31 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CRAWLEY
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 24 Buchanan Drive Luton LU2 0RT. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

82% of outline 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
LU2 0RT
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2024
Target decision date
11 October 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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© 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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Source: Luton

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