George Street Luton Town Centre LU1 2AQ
Approved on 14 August 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use - Repaving of the central area of George Street with a new design, incorporating landscaped flower beds, surface water drainage and street furniture, following the removal of the existing paving.
- Received
- 18 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived18 Jun
- ValidatedValidated18 Jun
- Consult.Consultation13 Aug
- TargetTarget Date13 Aug
- DecidedDecided14 Aug
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at George Street Luton Town Centre LU1 2AQ. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2AQ
- Application type
- Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Luton Council, Project Design & Delivery Team, Inclusive Economy Town Hall, Upper George Street Luton LU1 2BQ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Olivia Philogene-moynihan
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 23 July 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
- Article 4 direction: Luton Town Centre and Surrounds (2023)
- 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 (20)
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, 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.
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