20 Chapel Street Luton LU1 2SE
Refused on 8 October 2024
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from laundrette (Sui-Generis) to restaurant (Class-E) with erection of chimney flue (retrospective), Resubmission. Variation of condition 5 (opening hours) of planning permission 23/00311/FUL dated 4th July 2023.
- Received
- 13 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived13 Aug
- ValidatedValidated13 Aug
- Consult.Consultation12 Sep
- TargetTarget Date8 Oct
- DecidedDecided8 Oct
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at 20 Chapel Street Luton LU1 2SE. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 14 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.
96% of conditions 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 2SE
- Application type
- Variation of Conditions
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 15 September 2024
- Consultation start
- 22 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 12 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 September 2024
- Last date for comments
- 25 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 8 October 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- James Holmes Planning Ltd D-Lab 8-12 Clarence Road Depot Berkhamsted HP4 3AS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 September 2024
- Site notice start
- 28 August 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202413 Aug
Change of use from laundrette (Sui-Generis) to restaurant (Class-E) with erection of chimney flue…
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Change of use from laundrette (Sui-Generis) to restaurant (Class-E) with erection of chimney flue…
ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of23/00311/FUL
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Luton
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