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The Orchard Centre Strangers Way Luton LU4 9ND

26/00044/AMENDNon Material AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Development of Land for Residential Purposes - Erection of 48 residential units after demolition of existing Orchard Centre. Application for Approval of Reserved Matters relating to Appearance , Landscaping, Layout and Scale of Outline Planning Permission No. 17/00791/OUT dated 17th October 2019. - Non Material Amendment relating to Application No. 21/00873/AMEND, 21/01076/AMEND and 22/00284/AMEND of Planning Permission 19/01183/REM dated 17th June 2020. Non-Material Amendments 1. Plot 43 Side Elevation D, ground floor and first floor windows omitted and 2. Plots 40 and 42 rear elevation, ground floor living room window omitted and first floor bedroom 2 window, cill raised

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
LEAGRAVE
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Orchard Centre Strangers Way Luton LU4 9ND. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 6 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across LEAGRAVE. We hold 353 applications in total for the LU4 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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 9ND
Application type
Non Material Amendments
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
48

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Target decision date
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
CMI Architecture Limited 11 Warren Yard Warren Park Stratford Road Milton Keynes MK12 5NW

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Naila Malik
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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