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Town Hall George Street Luton LU1 2BQ

25/00890/ADVAdvert ApplicationRefused
Advertisement consent

Refused on 17 December 2025

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Advertisement consent to fly flags from a free-standing flagpole to be located on the Town Hall Square.

Received
6 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Town Hall George Street Luton LU1 2BQ. Luton has handled 79 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

80% of advertising 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 proposed advertisement as indicated on plan numbers 0000001-01, DC01 and DC02, by virtue of its siting and the absence of sufficient supporting information, would visually harm the setting of the Grade II Listed Town Hall and the adjacent War Memorial within the Town Centre Conservation Area. The proposal fails to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of this historically significant area and is therefore contrary to Policies LLP1, LLP25, LLP26, and LLP30 of the Luton Local Plan 2011-2031, as well as Section 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework. 17th December 2025 HEAD OF PLANNING See Notes for Applicants Attached TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (CONTROL OF ADVERTISEMENTS) REGULATIONS 1989 Continuation (Forming part of Application No: 25/00890/ADV ADVISORY: If this is your first submission for this form of development, before making your re-submission, we recommend that you seek formal pre-application advice to assist in addressing the concerns raised in the assessment of this application. Please note that any such advice may not guarantee an approval. Details of this service can be found on the planning pages of the website 17th December 2025 HEAD OF PLANNING TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (CONTROL OF ADVERTISEMENTS) REGULATIONS 1989 Continuation (Forming part of Application No: 25/00890/ADV The plans/documents which are the subject of this decision can be viewed on the on-line search. Please note that the numbers given here are used so that the Document number and number on the decision notice are compatible. They are usually the plan numbers on the drawings themselves used by the Applicant/Agent. The documents are viewable on the "Documents" tab and comprise the following Luton Borough Council numbers:- PLAN NUMBERS AS SET OUT IN THE CONDITIONS ABOVE

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LU1 2BQ
Application type
Advert Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
23 November 2025
Consultation start
31 October 2025
Consultation end
21 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
30 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 November 2025
Last date for comments
3 December 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Clark
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 November 2025
Site notice start
5 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: Luton Town HallOn this site · +1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 4 Dunstable Place & 9 Upper George StreetRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, Article 4 directions, 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.

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