Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton

25/00252/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 June 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Development of the vacant site to provide 380 residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace (Class E/F) provision at ground floor level, with associated landscaping and amenity space, car and cycle parking, refuse storage, access and works. Discharge of conditions 19 (Noise insulation) and 23 (Highway improvements) of Planning permission 22/00195/FUL dated 11th October 2023.

Received: 6 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: SOUTH

ReceivedReceived6 Mar
ValidatedValidated6 Mar
Consult.Consultation23 Apr
TargetTarget Date27 May
DecidedDecided13 Jun

Decided in 99 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

96% of conditions 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

Application type: Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 380

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 23 April 2025
Consultation start: 2 April 2025
Consultation end: 23 April 2025
Last date for comments: 23 April 2025
Target decision date: 27 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: JRL Midgard 4 Elstree Way Borehamwoo Hertfordshire WD6 1RN

Planning decision

Case officer: Olivia Philogene-moynihan
Statutory period: 82 days

Additional information

Documents: 20
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Land opposite Whitbread House, Flowers Way, Luton LU1 3GBRegister site at or near this address
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 (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.

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8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Luton

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