151 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AH
Approved on 5 December 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use - Conversion and change of use from single dwellinghouse to 8 persons in 8 Bedroom HMO (Sui Generis)
- Received
- 19 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived19 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Nov
- Consult.Consultation26 Nov
- TargetTarget Date30 Dec
- DecidedDecided5 Dec
Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 151 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AH. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 7 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- LU1 5AH
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 26 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 29 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 30 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 23 Brackedale Grove Luton LU3 2LT
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jonathan Hill
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 4
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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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
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© 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.
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