1A Culverhouse Road Luton LU3 1PX
Refused on 17 March 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Alterations to roof from hip to gable to include rear dormer and two frontlights to facilitate a loft conversion and erection of a single storey rear extension
- Received
- 11 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SAINTS
- ReceivedReceived11 Dec
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date17 Mar
- DecidedDecided17 Mar
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 1A Culverhouse Road Luton LU3 1PX. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across SAINTS. We hold 448 applications in total for the LU3 postcode area.
80% of full applications at Luton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- The development, as indicated on plans numbers 01/05, 033/05, 04/05, 02/05,03/05,05/05, by reason of its scale, size and design and visually discordant feature, which is out of scale and character with the composition and integrity of the original and surrounding residential dwellings to the detriment of the visual amenities of the surrounding area. It would materially harm rather than improve the character and appearance of the area, and as such would be contrary to Policies LLP1, LLP19 and LLP25 of the Luton Local Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). 17th March 2025 INTERIM HEAD OF PLANNING See Notes for Applicants Attached. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE) ORDER 2015 Continuation (Forming part of Application No: 24/01400/FULHH
- The development, as indicated on plans numbers 01/05, 033/05, 04/05, 02/05,03/05,05/05, would result in the creation of a 6 bedroom dwellinghouse without the provision of satisfactory car parking provision in accordance with the Local Planning Authority`s standard, or the provision of more sustainable modes of transport, together with satisfactory bin storage to serve the premises, to the detriment of visual amenities and highway and pedestrian safety and thereby setting an undesirable precedent for further similar proposals in the locality. ADVISORY: 17th March 2025 INTERIM HEAD OF PLANNING TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE) ORDER 2015 Continuation (Forming part of Application No: 24/01400/FULHH If this is your first submission for this form of development, before making your re-submission, we recommend that you seek formal pre-application advice to assist in addressing the concerns raised in the assessment of this application. Please note that any such advice may not guarantee an approval. Details of this service can be found on the planning pages of the website 17th March 2025 INTERIM HEAD OF PLANNING TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE) ORDER 2015 Continuation (Forming part of Application No: 24/01400/FULHH The plans/documents which are the subject of this decision can be viewed on the on-line search. Please note that the numbers given here are used so that the Document number and number on the decision notice are compatible. They are usually the plan numbers on the drawings themselves used by the Applicant/Agent. The documents are viewable on the "Documents" tab and comprise the following Luton Borough Council numbers:- As set out above.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- LU3 1PX
- Application type
- FUL Household
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Plan & Build Ltd 23 Brackendale Grove Luton LU3 2LT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 67 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (23)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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