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Communal Land 1 - 11 Vestry Close Luton

25/00379/TPOSWorks to protected treesApproved

Approved on 1 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Trees: T1 - Yew - Located in rear communal garden - Low crown - to crown lift to approx 2.4m T2 - Sycamore - Located in rear communal garden - Low crown - to crown lift to approx 2.4m T3 - Sycamore Located in rear communal garden - Low crown - to crown lift to approx 2.4m TG1 - Sycamore x 4 - Located in rear communal garden/side of property - to crown lift to approx 2.4m

Received
4 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
DALLOW
  1. Received4 Apr
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Communal Land 1 - 11 Vestry Close Luton. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 18 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across DALLOW.

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

Application type
Works to protected trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2025
Consultation expiry
8 August 2025
Consultation start
18 July 2025
Consultation end
8 August 2025
Last date for comments
8 August 2025
Target decision date
5 August 2025
Permission expires
1 October 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Unit 3b, Orchard cottage Thorney Mill Road Iver SL09AN

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Clark
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Rothesay Conservation Area 4Part of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 13-31 Dunstable Road, Luton LU1 1BGRegister 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 (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, 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

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© 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.

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