The Hat Factory 65 - 67 Bute Street Luton LU1 2EY
Approved on 28 February 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use - Installation of festoon lighting at high level along Bute Street pedestrian zone.
- Received
- 4 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived4 Dec
- ValidatedValidated4 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 Feb
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at The Hat Factory 65 - 67 Bute Street Luton LU1 2EY. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Plaiters Lea conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. 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.
82% of outline 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 2EY
- Application type
- Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 28 February 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Luton Council, Project Design & Delivery Team, Inclusive Town Hall Extension Gordon Street Luton LU1 2BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 86 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
- 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, 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, 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.
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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.
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