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15 - 23 Manchester Street Luton LU1 2QB

25/00669/LAWPCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 15 September 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Conversion and change of use of upper floors of the building to 39 bedroom hotel (C1) with new entrance lobby at ground floor together with changes to the front fenestration and erection of first floor rear extension to insert an enclosed lift shaft and front dormers over No 15 - Commencement of works on application no. 18/00897/FUL.

Received
12 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 15 - 23 Manchester Street Luton LU1 2QB. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2QB
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
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
ATK Designs Ashurst Cottage Birchwood Storridge Malvern WR13 5HA

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Naila Malik
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
  • Article 4 direction: Luton Town Centre and Surrounds (2023)
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 6 - 8 Gordon StreetRegister 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 (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.

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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