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The Albany 4 Cardiff Road Luton LU1 1PP

26/00392/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use of business floor space and health service facilities (Class E) to 19 flats (1 two bed and 18 one bed) (Class C3). Discharge of conditions 3 (Acoustic Report), 4 (External sound level) and 8 (Management Plan) of Planning permission 24/01144/PAEDWE dated 9 December 2024.

Received
16 April 2026
Decision due
11 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 31 October 2026
Ward
FARLEY
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.11 May
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 11 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Albany 4 Cardiff Road Luton LU1 1PP. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications 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.

96% of conditions 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 1PP
Application type
Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
19

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2026
Consultation start
20 April 2026
Last date for comments
11 May 2026
Decision issued
16 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
AP Consulting Engineers 3 Amherst Rise Maulden Bedford MK45 2RF

Planning decision

Decision
Split decision
Case officer
Gemma Clark
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6
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 · +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 (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.

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  2. 2025
    9 Jan

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  3. 2024
    4 Oct

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