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149 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AH

24/00917/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 October 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of single storey rear and basement extension to create one studio flat in basement and two bed flat on ground, first and second floor with insertion of rooflights.

Received
1 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided25 Oct

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 149 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AH. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Coln St Dennis conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 5AH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2024
Consultation expiry
6 September 2024
Consultation start
13 August 2024
Consultation end
3 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
13 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
6 September 2024
Last date for comments
6 September 2024
Target decision date
25 October 2024
Permission expires
25 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
61 St Lawrence Avenue Luton LU3 1QS

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Appeal history

3358415
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 June 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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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