The Albany 4 Cardiff Road Luton LU1 1PP
Approved on 9 December 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval permittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use of business floor space and health service facilities (Class E) to 19 flats (1 two bed and 18 one bed) (Class C3).
- Received
- 4 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived4 Oct
- ValidatedValidated15 Oct
- Consult.Consultation7 Nov
- TargetTarget Date10 Dec
- DecidedDecided9 Dec
Decided in 55 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at The Albany 4 Cardiff Road Luton LU1 1PP. Luton has handled 2,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- LU1 1PP
- Application type
- Prior - Class E to Resi
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 19
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 October 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 7 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 17 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 7 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 17 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 13 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 10 December 2024
- Permission expires
- 9 December 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Lavata Group Limited 64 Anderson Drive Whitnash Leamington Spa CV31 2RN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 23 October 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 49
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 15 - 17 Cardiff Road, Luton LU1 1PPRegister 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 (22)
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 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.
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