74 Roman Road Luton LU4 9DN
Approved on 13 March 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Conversion and change of use from a 3 bedroom dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a children's care home Class (C2 residential institution) for up to two children.
- Received
- 10 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- LEAGRAVE
- ReceivedReceived10 Oct
- ValidatedValidated10 Oct
- Consult.Consultation31 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Mar
- DecidedDecided13 Mar
Decided in 154 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 74 Roman Road Luton LU4 9DN. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 14 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across LEAGRAVE. We hold 353 applications in total for the LU4 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
- LU4 9DN
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 31 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 31 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 13 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Anjum Design Ltd 435 Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4AA
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Gemma Clark
- Statutory period
- 157 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 29 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 1
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 (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.
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