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Chapel Viaduct Parking (Car Park 2) Stuart Street Luton LU1 2SJ

24/01418/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 February 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Proposal

Installation of a lighting scheme to the underside of the Chapel Viaduct, which passes over Chapel Street and Chapel Street Car Parks.

Received
16 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target21 Feb
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Chapel Viaduct Parking (Car Park 2) Stuart Street Luton LU1 2SJ. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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 2SJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2024
Consultation expiry
1 February 2025
Consultation start
8 January 2025
Consultation end
29 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2025
Last date for comments
5 February 2025
Target decision date
21 February 2025
Permission expires
20 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Project Design And Delivery Team Town Hall Gordon Street Luton LU1 2BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 January 2025
Site notice start
10 January 2025

Additional information

Documents
18
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town Centre
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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  1. 2025
    13 Aug

    Installation of a lighting scheme to the underside of the Chapel Viaduct, which passes over Chapel Street and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00912/DOC
  2. 2024
    16 Dec

    Installation of a lighting scheme to the underside of the Chapel Viaduct, which passes over Chapel Street and…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/01418/FUL

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