The Hat Factory 65 - 67 & 64 Bute Street & 36 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2EY
Approved on 11 March 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
Proposal
Installation of festoon lighting at high level along Bute Street pedestrian zone and new lighting scheme installation to be provided to the existing signage/ artwork to the gable end of the Departure Lounge Art Gallery located at 64 Bute Street (Pedestrian Street) and the gable end of the Monna Lisa Restaurant is located at 36 Guildford Street, which both face the area known as "The Stage" In additional to this the lighting scheme will also extend to the perimeter of the stage area and garden walls of the properties to fully enhance the stage area.
- Received
- 5 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived5 Dec
- ValidatedValidated5 Dec
- Consult.Consultation13 Jan
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application for signage at The Hat Factory 65 - 67 & 64 Bute Street & 36 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2EY. Luton has handled 23 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 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.
100% of heritage 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
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 10 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 23 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 13 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 10 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 11 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Town Hall Extension Gordon Street Luton LU1 2BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 96 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 January 2025
- Site notice start
- 24 December 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 35
- Constraints
- 10
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.
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