39 Chester Avenue Luton LU4 9SF
Approved on 17 February 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
Proposal
Erection of single storey rear extension.
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- CHALLNEY
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Dec
- Consult.Consultation1 Feb
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided17 Feb
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 39 Chester Avenue Luton LU4 9SF. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across CHALLNEY. We hold 353 applications in total for the LU4 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
- LU4 9SF
- Application type
- FUL Household
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 1 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 17 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Plan & Build 23 Brackendale Grove Luton LU3 2LT
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Claudiu Bica
- Statutory period
- 68 days
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.
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