Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton

25/00721/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 September 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Development of the vacant site to provide residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace (Class E/F) provision at ground floor level, with associated lands caping and amenity space, car and cycle parking, refuse storage, access and works.Minor Material amendment of planning permission 22/00195/FUL dated 11th October 2023 - (To vary condition nos. 2, 13, 17 and 19 to allow for additional residential units, alterations to layout and massing of buildings and associated coordination of landscape proposals, minor facade changes to proposed buildings, and the introduction of a second stair in each building). Minor Material amendment of planning permission 23/01249/MMAMD dated 12th March 2024. (Various amendments).Discharge of condition 5 (Materials) of Planning permission 24/00558/MMAMD dated 19th December 2024.

Received: 26 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: SOUTH

ReceivedReceived26 Jun
ValidatedValidated26 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date15 Sep
DecidedDecided12 Sep

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications 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: 26 June 2025
Target decision date: 15 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: JRL Midgard 4 Elstree Way Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1RN

Planning decision

Case officer: Olivia Philogene-moynihan
Statutory period: 81 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 47
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Article 4 direction: Luton Town Centre and Surrounds (2023)
Brownfield land register: Land opposite Whitbread House, Flowers Way, Luton LU1 3GBRegister 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Associated applications

2025
26 Jun
Development of the vacant site to provide residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace…
This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00721/DOC
2024
8 May
Development of the vacant site to provide residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of24/00558/MMAMD
2024
8 May
Development of the vacant site to provide residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)24/00559/AMEND
2024
14 Feb
Development of the vacant site to provide 380 residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/00197/DOC
2023
23 Oct
Development of the vacant site to provide residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of23/01249/MMAMD

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4 other applications at this property, newest first.

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