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20 - 22 Wellington Street Luton LU1 2QH

25/01255/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 January 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Conversion and change of Use from Beauty Salon (Class E) to Restaurant/Take Away (Sui generis) and Extraction System.

Received
19 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 - 22 Wellington Street Luton LU1 2QH. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The development as indicated on plan numbers DC01, DC02, DC03 and DC04 by virtue of it scale, design and use, fails to demonstrate that the proposal meets the requirements of Policy LLP21 of the Luton Local Plan 2011 -2031 making it difficult to enable the Local Planning Authority to accurately determine the impact of the development of existing sites and the vitality and viability of the existing designated secondary shopping frontage.
  2. The development as indicated on plan numbers DC01, DC02, DC03 and DC04, would have a detrimental impact on the amenities of the surrounding properties in terms of odour and noise nuisance, thereby be contrary to the objectives set out 27th January 2026

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LU1 2QH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
3 January 2026
Consultation start
10 December 2025
Consultation end
31 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 January 2026
Last date for comments
7 January 2026
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
East Lodge Essex Lane Kings Langley Herts WD4 8PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 December 2025
Site notice start
10 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
  • Heritage at Risk Register: George Street/Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 25 Wellington Street, Luton LU1 2QHRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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