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73 Buxton Road Luton LU1 1RE

25/01092/LAWPCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Internal alterations to create new layout on first floor and attic floor (second floor)

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 124 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 73 Buxton Road Luton LU1 1RE. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

82% of outline 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 1RE
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Target decision date
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
C W And R C Shrimplin, Architects And Town Planners 11 Cardiff Road Luton LU1 1PP

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Clark
Statutory period
124 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
3

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.

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.

Source: Luton

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