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21 Francis Street Luton LU1 1HP

25/00574/LAWECertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 16 September 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of existing use: Use of the building as two self-contained flats.

Received
21 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BISCOT
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 21 Francis Street Luton LU1 1HP. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BISCOT. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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 1HP
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2025
Target decision date
16 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Bell Cornwell LLP The Workstation Rivers Lodge West Common Harpenden AL5 2JD

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Clark
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Luton

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