46 Downs Road Luton LU1 1QR
Approved on 18 May 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use - Continued use of property as a 7-person HMO, use Class Sui Generis.
- Received
- 18 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- SOUTH
- ReceivedReceived18 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation31 Mar
- TargetTarget Date21 May
- DecidedDecided18 May
Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 46 Downs Road Luton LU1 1QR. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across SOUTH. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 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
- LU1 1QR
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 31 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 18 Langham Barns Langham Lane Colchester CO4 5ZS
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mrs Naila Malik
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 3
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.
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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