The Chalk Hills Academy Leagrave High Street Luton LU4 0NE
Approved on 2 April 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Request for determination as to whether prior approval is required under Class J of Part 14 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) - Installation roof mounted Solar Panels circa 253 KWp Solar PV on top of building roof.
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- LEWSEY
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation19 Mar
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at The Chalk Hills Academy Leagrave High Street Luton LU4 0NE. Luton has handled 2,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across LEWSEY. We hold 354 applications in total for the LU4 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- LU4 0NE
- Application type
- Prior - Solar Photo Voltaics non dom
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Luke Strange Architecture Ltd 20 Hollicondane Road Ramsgate CT11 7PH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jonathan Hill
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 5 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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