156 Ashburnham Road Luton LU1 1LA

26/00223/LAWPCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use - Conversion and change of use of house to a six person house in multiple occupation (HMO)

Received: 3 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: DALLOW

ReceivedReceived3 Mar
ValidatedValidated17 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date12 May
DecidedDecided6 May

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 156 Ashburnham Road Luton LU1 1LA. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across DALLOW. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.

82% of outline 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 1LA
Application type: Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 March 2026
Target decision date: 12 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: 11 Marshalls Heath Lane Wheathampstead St Albans AL4 8HR

Planning decision

Case officer: Nan Wang
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8
Constraints: 3

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.

Source: Luton

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