Flat 1 59 Hitchin Road Luton LU2 0EL
Approved on 29 January 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion and change of use of a two bedroom flat on the first floor to a three bedroom, three person (HMO) House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4)
- Received
- 7 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- HIGH TOWN
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated6 Dec
- Consult.Consultation31 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Jan
- DecidedDecided29 Jan
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Flat 1 59 Hitchin Road Luton LU2 0EL. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks 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 963 applications in total for the LU2 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- LU2 0EL
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 31 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 January 2025
- Last date for comments
- 3 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 29 January 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Authorised Designs Ltd Suite 1 Hardy House Northbridge Road Berkhamsted HP4 1EF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 December 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Hitchin Road car park, Luton LU2 0ELRegister site at or near this address
- 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Luton
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