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Block B - 20-25 Gregories Close Luton LU3 1DL

24/01000/PAUPFLNew dwellings on detached flatsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 31 October 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval permittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for prior approval under Part 20 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Construction of one additional floor (fourth floor) to provide 2 x 1 bedroom flats.

Received
23 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Block B - 20-25 Gregories Close Luton LU3 1DL. Luton has handled 2,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
LU3 1DL
Application type
New dwellings on detached flats
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2024
Consultation expiry
23 October 2024
Consultation start
20 September 2024
Consultation end
23 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 October 2024
Last date for comments
23 October 2024
Target decision date
31 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
SA Design Consultants Ltd 61 St Lawrence Avenue Luton LU3 1QS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
2 October 2024

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
2

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.

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  1. 2025
    22 Apr

    Request for prior approval under Part 20 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

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  2. 2024
    23 Aug

    Request for prior approval under Part 20 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

    This applicationApprovedApplication24/01000/PAUPFL

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