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100 Crawley Road Luton

25/00801/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Conversion and change of use of a single dwelling into two self-contained flats: a two-bedroom flat on the ground floor and a one-bedroom flat on the first floor. (Retrospective).

Received
15 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
BISCOT
  1. Received15 Jul
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 100 Crawley Road Luton. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BISCOT.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The development, as indicated on plan numbers A102 -REV A, A202A, A501 and DC01, would result in the loss of an existing three-bedroom dwelling and provide an unsatisfactory mix of housing that fails to maximise the potential of the site to contribute towards meeting the identified housing needs within the Luton Housing Market Area, as established in the Luton Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA). The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies LLP1 and LLP15 of the Luton Local Plan 2011-2031 and the principles relating to housing mix and sustainable development set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
  2. The development, as indicated on plan numbers A102 - REV A, A202A, A501 and DC01, fails to provide adequate internal floor space for the ground-floor flat, which does not meet the nationally described space standards.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Consultation expiry
18 October 2025
Consultation start
24 September 2025
Consultation end
15 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 October 2025
Last date for comments
29 October 2025
Target decision date
23 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
SA Design Consultants Ltd 61 St Lawrence Avenue Luton LU3 1QS

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Naila Malik
Statutory period
95 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 October 2025

Appeal history

3368938
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 September 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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