3 Imberfield Luton LU4 0EL
Refused on 22 September 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 1 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Single storey rear extension. Depth 6.0m, Maximum height of extension 3.08m, Height to eaves 2.65m.
- Received
- 15 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- CHALLNEY
- ReceivedReceived15 Jul
- ValidatedValidated12 Aug
- Consult.Consultation9 Sep
- TargetTarget Date23 Sep
- DecidedDecided22 Sep
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 3 Imberfield Luton LU4 0EL. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across CHALLNEY. We hold 353 applications in total for the LU4 postcode area.
80% of full 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
- LU4 0EL
- Application type
- Prior - Larger Household Extensions
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 9 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 51 Tryfan Close Ilford Essex IG4 5JY
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jonathan Hill
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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