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32 George Street First And Second Floor Luton LU1 2AZ

25/01201/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 19 January 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Conversion and change of use of the current first and second floor from (Arts Centre/Photographic and dance studio/coffee shop (Class E) use to Class F1 (Educational) use

Received
6 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 32 George Street First And Second Floor Luton LU1 2AZ. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 74 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

80% of full 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 2AZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025
Consultation expiry
22 December 2025
Consultation start
28 November 2025
Consultation end
19 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2025
Last date for comments
24 December 2025
Target decision date
21 January 2026
Permission expires
19 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jonathan Hill
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 December 2025
Site notice start
3 December 2025

Appeal history

3371648
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 November 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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