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26 Tower Road Luton LU2 0JW

25/00843/FULHHFUL HouseholdRefused
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Refused on 4 November 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Erection of single storey and two storey rear extension

Received
23 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
VAUXHALL
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 26 Tower Road Luton LU2 0JW. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across VAUXHALL. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 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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Why it was refused

  1. The development, as indicated on plans numbers DC01,P110,P11,P012A,P013B,P014A,P112B,P210A,P211C,P310A,P311A by reason of its scale, size and awkward design, unsympathetic roof form and external material and visually discordant feature, which is out of scale and character with the composition and integrity of the original and surrounding residential dwellings to the detriment of the visual amenities of the surrounding area. It will set an undesirable precedent for further similar proposal in the area and would materially harm rather than improve the character and appearance of the area, and as such would be contrary to Policies LLP1, LLP19 and LLP25 of the Luton Local Plan and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LU2 0JW
Application type
FUL Household
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2025
Consultation expiry
8 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 October 2025
Last date for comments
8 October 2025
Target decision date
7 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Archiserve Developments Ltd 84A Lancaster Road Enfield EN2 0BX

Planning decision

Case officer
Claudiu Bica
Statutory period
66 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
23
Constraints
4

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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© 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.

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Source: Luton

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