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1 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1BB

26/00277/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a first floor side extension and side dormer window, and change of use of a building from a commercial use (Class E) to create five flats, comprising 1 no. 2 bed and 4 no. 1 bed flats.

Received
19 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
SOUTH
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.25 May
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 1 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1BB. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
LU1 1BB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2026
Consultation expiry
25 May 2026
Consultation start
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
1 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 May 2026
Last date for comments
27 May 2026
Target decision date
24 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Planandbuild 1 Southfield Barnet EN5 2AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 15 - 17 Cardiff Road, Luton LU1 1PPRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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