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37 - 39 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NQ

25/00751/LAWECertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Withdrawn
Lawful development certificate

Withdrawn on 11 November 2025

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use - Continued use of the property as HMO accommodation for professionals (Sui Generis Use Class). Property was previously used as student accommodation (Sui Generis Use Class) and has been in continuous use by professionals.

Received
3 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 37 - 39 Guildford Street Luton LU1 2NQ. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 131 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Plaiters Lea conservation area, with 5 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.

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 2NQ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Consultation expiry
29 September 2025
Consultation start
8 September 2025
Consultation end
29 September 2025
Last date for comments
29 September 2025
Target decision date
29 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Radnor Architecture Ltd 38 Market Street First Floor Heywood OL10 4LY

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Naila Malik
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3
  • Article 4 direction: Luton Town Centre and Surrounds (2023)
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 35 Guildford Street, Luton LU1 2NRRegister site at or near this address · +2 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.

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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