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1A Wilsden Avenue Luton LU1 5HL

26/00299/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 July 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from office/workshop to 4 x one bed flats with first floor and two storey front/side extensions. Retrospective.

Received
26 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
FARLEY
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1A Wilsden Avenue Luton LU1 5HL. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across FARLEY. 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 5HL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2026
Consultation expiry
25 June 2026
Consultation start
2 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
1 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 June 2026
Last date for comments
25 June 2026
Target decision date
24 July 2026
Permission expires
22 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
ATK Designs Ashurst Cottage, Birchwood Storridge, Malvern Herefordshire WR13 5HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
4

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.

Source: Luton

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