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Unit 15 Britannia Estate Leagrave Road Luton LU3 1RJ

25/01017/PRIORDPrior Determinations for DemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 27 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval permittedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Request for Prior Approval - Demolition of all buildings outlined in red on the site and location plans under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)- Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
BISCOT
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Unit 15 Britannia Estate Leagrave Road Luton LU3 1RJ. Luton has handled 6 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BISCOT. We hold 448 applications in total for the LU3 postcode area.

82% of all 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
LU3 1RJ
Application type
Prior Determinations for Demolition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2025
Consultation expiry
24 October 2025
Consultation start
3 October 2025
Consultation end
24 October 2025
Last date for comments
24 October 2025
Target decision date
27 October 2025
Permission expires
27 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
David Hall
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Britannia Estate, Leagrave Road, Luton LU3 1RJRegister 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.

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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