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Luton Mall 46 George Street Luton

25/00561/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 November 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of former F1 use class space and plant room at second floor level to change to residential use with amenity deck and additional residential floor at third floor level with new roof and dormers on west and north elevations to create 9 flats (6 x 2 bed and 3 x 3 bed). Improvements to existing F1 space including lift access, creation of residential storage space at second and third floor levels, ground floor and basement cycle and waste storage. Discharge of conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Windows in the George street façade of the building), 10 (Scheme to mitigate the impacts of climate change), 11 (Sound insulation),14 (Odour mitigation and ventilation strategy) and 18 (Construction environmental method plan) of Planning permission 24/00732/FUL dated 3rd October 2024.

Received
19 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 175 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Luton Mall 46 George Street Luton. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 17 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2025
Consultation expiry
8 July 2025
Consultation start
17 June 2025
Consultation end
8 July 2025
Last date for comments
8 July 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Pencilmen Architects 81 Rivington Street London EC2A 3AY

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Naila Malik
Statutory period
176 days

Additional information

Documents
23
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Luton Town Centre and Surrounds (2023)
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town CentrePart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: 55 George Street, Luton LU1 2AL and 2B George Street West, Luton lU1 2BXRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    19 May

    Conversion of former F1 use class space and plant room at second floor level to change to residential use…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00561/DOC
  2. 2024
    12 Jun

    Conversion of former F1 use class space and plant room at second floor level to change to residential use…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of24/00732/FUL

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