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102 Somerset Avenue Luton LU2 0PN

25/00813/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 10 September 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of grass amenity area and hardstanding of verge to facilitate the extension of a vehicle crossover

Received
16 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
ROUND GREEN
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target10 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 102 Somerset Avenue Luton LU2 0PN. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across ROUND GREEN. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 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
LU2 0PN
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2025
Consultation expiry
29 August 2025
Consultation start
5 August 2025
Consultation end
26 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 August 2025
Last date for comments
29 August 2025
Target decision date
10 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
24 Eythrope Road Stone HP17 8PG

Planning decision

Case officer
Jonathan Hill
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
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.

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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