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4 Dunstable Place & 9 Upper George Street Luton Bedfordshire LU1 2QT

24/01089/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 March 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of new boundary wall and railings to Dunstable Place frontage after demolition of existing boundary wall, minor alteration of external elevations, and conversion of part ground, first and second floors into residential accommodation, comprising 1 two bedroom flat, 3 studio flats and 4 one bedroom flats. Discharge of condition 4 (Site security and external lighting) of Planning permission 08/01382/FUL dated 13th Jan 2009.

Received
18 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.4 Nov
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 171 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 4 Dunstable Place & 9 Upper George Street Luton Bedfordshire LU1 2QT. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 190 days, 19 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2QT
Application type
Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2024
Consultation expiry
4 November 2024
Consultation start
14 October 2024
Consultation end
4 November 2024
Last date for comments
4 November 2024
Target decision date
27 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
171 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 4 Dunstable Place & 9 Upper George StreetRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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