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50 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EF

24/00942/LAWPCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 October 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use - Change of Use from Retail Shop Class E(a) to Restaurant Class E(b)

Received
9 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BISCOT
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 50 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EF. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BISCOT. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 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
LU1 1EF
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2024
Target decision date
16 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
75 St Monica's Ave Luton LU31EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
3

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

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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