26 Grantham Road Luton LU4 8JX
Approved on 27 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 1 Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Single storey rear extension. Depth 6.00m, Maximum height of extension 3.00m, Height to eaves 3.00m.
- Received
- 18 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- BISCOT
- ReceivedReceived18 Mar
- ValidatedValidated19 Mar
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date30 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Apr
Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 26 Grantham Road Luton LU4 8JX. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across BISCOT. We hold 353 applications in total for the LU4 postcode area.
80% of full 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 8JX
- Application type
- Prior - Larger Household Extensions
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Plan & Build 23 Brackendale Grove Luton LU3 2LT
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Technical Support Group
- Statutory period
- 42 days
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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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