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Unit 1 Sundon Business Park Dencora Way Luton LU3 3HP

24/01021/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 October 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class B8 to flexible use as Classes E(g)(iii), B2 and B8 uses

Received
30 August 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
SUNDON PARK
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 1 Sundon Business Park Dencora Way Luton LU3 3HP. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across SUNDON PARK. We hold 448 applications in total for the LU3 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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
LU3 3HP
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2024
Consultation expiry
29 October 2024
Consultation start
8 October 2024
Consultation end
29 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
9 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2024
Last date for comments
30 October 2024
Target decision date
13 December 2024
Committee meeting
23 October 2024
Permission expires
31 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Forward Planning And Development The Studio@The Old Farmhouse 29 Banbury Road Chacombe OX17 2JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 October 2024
Site notice start
25 September 2024

Additional information

Documents
17
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

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© 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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