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46 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SQ

25/00179/LAWPCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 April 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - To install raised planters for landscaping and street furniture to an existing public pedestrian area

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 46 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SQ. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There have been 2 other applications 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.

82% of outline 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 1SQ
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2025
Target decision date
1 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Project Design & Delivery Team, Inclusive Town Hall, Upper George Street Luton LU1 2BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
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.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Brownfield land register: Mill Gardens, 16 - 26 Mill StreetRegister site at or near this address

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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