Aerial Site Kestrel Way Luton LU4 0UD

26/00157/MMAMDMinor Material AmendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 June 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)22 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Redevelopment of site for erection of a Secondary SEN School Building with hydrotherapy pool & changing rooms and Respite Centre Facilities. e. Minor Material Amendment of planning permission 24/00054/REG3 dated 6th June 2024. (Size and layout of substation and refuse store, car park layout, footpaths and DDA access, external air source heat pump relocated to roof, drainage pond removed, landscaping changes, playground layout changed).

Received: 11 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: LEWSEY

ReceivedReceived11 Feb
ValidatedValidated11 Feb
Consult.Consultation25 Mar
TargetTarget Date12 Jun
DecidedDecided12 Jun

Decided in 121 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Aerial Site Kestrel Way Luton LU4 0UD. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 9 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across LEWSEY. 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 0UD
Application type: Minor Material Amendment
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 28 March 2026
Consultation start: 4 March 2026
Consultation end: 25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 28 March 2026
Last date for comments: 1 April 2026
Target decision date: 12 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: Smith Jenkins Planning & Heritage 7 Canon Harnett Court Wolverton Mill Milton Keynes MK12 5NF

Planning decision

Case officer: Mrs Naila Malik
Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 March 2026
Site notice start: 5 March 2026

Additional information

Documents: 17
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.

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.

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