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8 Solway Road South Luton LU3 1TL

26/00038/FULHHFUL HouseholdApproved
Full

Approved on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single storey side extension and alterations to fenestration.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
SAINTS
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 8 Solway Road South Luton LU3 1TL. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks 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 SAINTS. We hold 451 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 1TL
Application type
FUL Household
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Consultation start
16 February 2026
Consultation end
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026
Target decision date
29 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
11 Marshalls Heath Lane Wheathampstead St Albans AL4 8HR

Planning decision

Case officer
Claudiu Bica
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13
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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