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Tots Academy 140 High Street Leagrave Luton LU4 9LJ

26/00171/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from children's nursery to Special Educational Needs school.

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
LEAGRAVE
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Tots Academy 140 High Street Leagrave Luton LU4 9LJ. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9LJ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Consultation end
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Intouch Planning Ltd 4 Ennismore Close Letchworth Garden City SG6 2SU

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Naila Malik
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
16
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.

© 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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