Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton

26/00057/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Development of the vacant site to provide 380 residential units (Class C3) and flexible commercial floorspace (Class E/F) provision at ground floor level, with associated landscaping and amenity space, car and cycle parking, refuse storage, access and works - Discharge of Condition No. 06 (Landscaping Scheme), Condition No. 07 (Landscape Management Plan), and Condition No. 08 (Boundary Treatment) of Planning Permission No. 22/00195/FUL dated 11th October 2023.

Received: 19 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: SOUTH

ReceivedReceived19 Jan
ValidatedValidated19 Jan
Consult.Consultation19 Feb
TargetTarget Date16 Mar
DecidedDecided26 Feb

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land Opposite Whitbread House Flowers Way Luton. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH.

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

Application type: Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 380

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 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: 16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 4 Elstree Way Borehamwood WD6 1RN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 39
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: 27 and 29, Park Street WestOn or next to this site
Brownfield land register: Whitbread House, Flowers WayRegister site at or near this address · +2 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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© 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.

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