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7 To12 Bedford Gardens Luton LU3 1BX

24/00992/TPOSWorks to protected treesApproved

Approved on 30 October 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Works to Trees: T4 (TPO plan T6) Horse Chestnut reduce crown by approx 4m evenly T5 (TPO plan T7) Horse Chestnut to re-pollard to previous pollard points apppx 4m G1 (TPO Plan G2) Limes x14 - To reduce 2nd tree from west end of group to approx 8m from ground level. Remove basal epicormic growth from ground level up to approx 5m on all Lime trees G2 (TPO Plan T2) False Acacia to reduce west most limb with moderate lean by approx 4m 1893 (TPO Plan T5) Cypress to reduce height by approx 4m

Received
22 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 To12 Bedford Gardens Luton LU3 1BX. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN. We hold 448 applications in total for the LU3 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Luton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
LU3 1BX
Application type
Works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2024
Consultation expiry
16 October 2024
Consultation start
25 September 2024
Consultation end
16 October 2024
Last date for comments
16 October 2024
Target decision date
30 October 2024
Permission expires
30 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18 Bowland Crescent Dunstable LU6 3QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
3

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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