Clarendon Court Clarendon Road Luton
Approved on 21 January 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Works to Trees - To reduce height of Bird Cherry (T1) by approx 2m in height, cut back encroachment over neighbouring property and shape crown accordingly. Raise canopy over car park and remove major dead wood
- Received
- 5 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- HIGH TOWN
- ReceivedReceived5 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation5 Dec
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided21 Jan
Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at Clarendon Court Clarendon Road Luton. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 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.
97% of trees 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
- Application type
- Works to protected trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 5 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 21 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Neil Shadbolt Tree Surgery Ltd 18 Bowland Crescent Dunstable LU6 3QD
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jonathan Hill
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 6
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202510 Mar
Works to Tree: Mature Sycamore - To fell Sycamore tree (due to signs of sooty bark disease) and re-planting…
ApprovedWorks to protected trees25/00261/TPOS - 202316 May
Works to Tree: To reduce height of Bird Cherry tree by approx 2m at rear of the property.
ApprovedWorks to protected trees23/00555/TPOS
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