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16 Wadhurst Avenue Luton LU3 1UH

26/00232/LAWPCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of proposed development - Alterations to roof from hip to gable end to include a rear dormer and four front rooflights to facilitate a loft conversion and erection of a single storey rear extension

Received
5 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
BARNFIELD
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 16 Wadhurst Avenue Luton LU3 1UH. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across BARNFIELD. We hold 451 applications in total for the LU3 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
LU3 1UH
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Target decision date
22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
SA Design Consultants Ltd 61 St Lawrence Avenue Luton LU3 1QS

Planning decision

Case officer
Jonathan Hill
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 May

    Erection of a single storey rear extension.

    ApprovedFUL Household26/00472/FULHH

Source: Luton

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