46 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SQ
Refused on 29 January 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
To erect a timber billboard structure, faced with a metal sheet to the gable end of the existing building, to be able to provide and display separate artwork or advertising signage to the surface of the billboard with external illumination.
- Received
- 25 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived25 Oct
- ValidatedValidated8 Nov
- Consult.Consultation2 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Jan
- DecidedDecided29 Jan
Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 46 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SQ. Luton has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks 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 1,823 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.
80% of advertising 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 1SQ
- Application type
- Advert Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 5 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 11 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 2 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 31 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Project Design & Delivery Team Town Hall, Upper George Street Luton LU1 2BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 84 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 20 November 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Brownfield land register: Mill Gardens, 16 - 26 Mill StreetRegister site at or near this address
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202514 Feb
Display of Advertisement -Externally illuminated framework structure to the gable end of the existing…
WithdrawnAdvertisement consent25/00177/ADV - 202514 Feb
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - To install raised planters for landscaping and street…
ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)25/00179/LAWP
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