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Unit 9 81 Arundel Road Luton LU4 8DY

26/00105/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of the premises from a car mechanic's garage (B2) to a car mechanics garage (B2) with ancillary MOT testing (Sui Generis) and minor alterations to the external appearance of the building. Discharge of condition 6 (Operation and management plan) of Planning permission 25/00491/FUL dated 19th January 2026.

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
SAINTS
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Unit 9 81 Arundel Road Luton LU4 8DY. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 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 353 applications in total for the LU4 postcode area.

96% of conditions applications at Luton Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
LU4 8DY
Application type
Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
7 April 2026
Consultation start
17 March 2026
Consultation end
7 April 2026
Last date for comments
7 April 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Gabriel Planning Solutions 5 Corinium Gate St Albans Hertfordshire AL3 4HX

Planning decision

Case officer
Jonathan Hill
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
2

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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