29 Albion Road Luton LU2 0DS
Refused on 27 November 2025
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use from Class E to residential comprising 3 residential flats (Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order (as amended 2024)
- Received
- 2 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- HIGH TOWN
- ReceivedReceived2 Sep
- ValidatedValidated6 Oct
- Consult.Consultation14 Nov
- TargetTarget Date1 Dec
- DecidedDecided27 Nov
Decided in 52 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 29 Albion Road Luton LU2 0DS. Luton has handled 2,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN. We hold 965 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- LU2 0DS
- Application type
- Prior - Class E to Resi
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 24 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 1 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 37 Beresford Avenue Hanwell London W7 3AJ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Gemma Clark
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 29 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 3-15 Cross Street, Luton LU2 0DPRegister 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 (22)
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 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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 Jan
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of…
RefusedDischarge of conditions26/00015/DOC - 202231 May
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of…
ApprovedPrior - Offices to Resi22/00726/PACOM
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