Town Hall George Street Luton LU1 2BQ
Withdrawn on 9 April 2026
Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Flags to be flown from two 9 m free-standing flagpoles on either side of the Town Hall Square
- Received
- 8 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived8 Jan
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Feb
- TargetTarget Date5 Mar
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Town Hall George Street Luton LU1 2BQ. Luton has handled 79 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 91 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Town Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 advertising 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 2BQ
- Application type
- Advert Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 9 April 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Gemma Clark
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 21 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 14 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Town Centre Conservation Area 1
- Brownfield land register: 4 Dunstable Place & 9 Upper George StreetRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- 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 (19)
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 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20256 Aug
Advertisement consent to fly flags from a free-standing flagpole to be located on the Town Hall Square.
RefusedAdvertisement consent25/00890/ADV - 202120 Aug
Works to Grade II Listed Building: To refurbish the existing office spaces of the lower ground floor to…
ApprovedListed building consent21/01179/LBC - 20217 Jun
Works to Grade II Listed Building: Conservation cleaning, repointing with lime mortar, minor stone indent…
ApprovedListed building consent21/00790/LBC
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