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29 Albion Road Luton LU2 0DS

26/00015/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 4 March 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use from retail (Class E) to (C3) residential. (Class MA)- second floor of Building 01 to a self contained studio flat, Building 02 to 1 two bed and 1 one bed and Building 03 to 2 x two bed flats. Discharge of conditions 3 (desktop study) and 4 (Construction Management Plan) of Planning permission 22/00726/PACOM dated 13 th March 2023.

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 29 Albion Road Luton LU2 0DS. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN. We hold 965 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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 0DS
Application type
Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Consultation start
29 January 2026
Consultation end
19 February 2026
Last date for comments
19 February 2026
Target decision date
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
SDMC Consultants Ltd 1 Studio Court Queensway, Bletchley Milton Keynes MK2 2DG

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Clark
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 3-15 Cross Street, Luton LU2 0DPRegister 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 (22)

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 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.

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    7 Jan

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  2. 2022
    31 May

    Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of…

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