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78 Blakeney Drive Luton LU2 7AL

25/01242/FULHHFUL HouseholdApproved
Full

Approved on 9 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage into a habitable room and alterations to fenestration involving the removal of garage door and replacing it with a window.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ICKNIELD
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.14 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 78 Blakeney Drive Luton LU2 7AL. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across ICKNIELD. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 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
LU2 7AL
Application type
FUL Household
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
14 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
14 December 2025
Last date for comments
14 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Permission expires
9 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Akarchitectural 6 Coniston Road Luton LU3 2PP

Planning decision

Case officer
Claudiu Bica
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
1

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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