56A Grange Avenue Luton LU4 9AU
Approved on 23 May 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
Works to Tree: T1 Oak tree (Quercus Robur) crown reduction of the crown by approx 4m evenly throughout, shape to balance, reduce back from adjacent property by approx 2m, remove deadwood and raise low canopy to level across. T2 Fir tree (Pseudotsuga menziesii) - To fell dangerous non-native tree
- Received
- 3 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- LEAGRAVE
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated19 Feb
- Consult.Consultation14 Mar
- TargetTarget Date23 May
- DecidedDecided23 May
Decided in 93 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 56A Grange Avenue Luton LU4 9AU. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across LEAGRAVE. We hold 353 applications in total for the LU4 postcode area.
97% of trees 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
- LU4 9AU
- Application type
- Works to protected trees
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 21 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 14 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 May 2025
- Permission expires
- 23 May 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Neil Shadbolt Tree Surgery Ltd 18 Bowland Crescent Dunstable LU6 3QD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 93 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 6
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.
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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