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Unit 2 Luton Retail Park Gipsy Lane Luton LU1 3JH

24/01416/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment and subdivision of existing retail unit 2 to create unit 2A1, unit 2A2 and unit 2B and the installation of two new shop fronts, cladding, roller shutters to rear of 2A1 and associated works after removal of existing canopies at the front of the unit.

Received
16 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 2 Luton Retail Park Gipsy Lane Luton LU1 3JH. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Clifton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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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Application details

Postcode
LU1 3JH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2025
Consultation expiry
13 February 2025
Consultation start
20 January 2025
Consultation end
10 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2025
Last date for comments
13 February 2025
Target decision date
12 March 2025
Permission expires
10 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Soho Square London W1D 3QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 January 2025

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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