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40 St Ethelbert Avenue Luton LU3 1QJ

26/00035/PARESPrior - Larger Household ExtensionsApproved
Full

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 1 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Single storey rear extension. Depth 4.0m, Maximum height of extension 3.0m, Height to eaves 3.0m.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
SAINTS
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 40 St Ethelbert Avenue Luton LU3 1QJ. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker 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 SAINTS. We hold 448 applications in total for the LU3 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
LU3 1QJ
Application type
Prior - Larger Household Extensions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
28 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2026
Last date for comments
18 February 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Plan & Build Ltd 23 Brackendale Grove Luton LU3 2LT

Planning decision

Case officer
Claudiu Bica
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
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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