Bute Street Shoppers Car Park Church Street Luton

26/00332/AMENDNon Material AmendmentsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed mixed use development, comprising of residential units, multi-purpose music and community space, food court, commercial space, retail space, cycle hub, associated soft and hard landscaping, public realm improvements, access, sub stations and other associated infrastructure. - Non-Material Amendment of Planning Permission No. 24/00157/FUL dated 26th April 2026. (Minor changes to the wording of condition 39, acoustics).

Received: 2 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Luton Borough Council
Ward: CENTRAL

ReceivedReceived2 Apr
ValidatedValidated2 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date30 Apr
DecidedDecided16 Apr

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Bute Street Shoppers Car Park Church Street Luton. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across CENTRAL.

76% of amendment 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

Application type: Non Material Amendments
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 April 2026
Target decision date: 30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Stirling House Denny End Road Waterbeach Cambridge CB25 9PB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 6
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3Part of the site
Listed building: Grade II: George Ii Public HouseOn or next to this site
Heritage at Risk Register: Plaiters Lea, Town CentrePart of the site
Brownfield land register: Bute Street Car Park, Church Street, LutonRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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 (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

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© 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.

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8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Luton

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