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48 Hastings Street Luton LU1 5BE

26/00431/DOCDischarge of Multiple ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 June 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor from Class E(a) (commercial) back to Class C3 (dwellinghouse), alongside a proposed raised roof with dormer windows. Discharge of condition 4 (Construction Method Statement) of Planning permission 25/00230/FUL dated 23 July 2025.

Received
27 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
CENTRAL
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.26 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 48 Hastings Street Luton LU1 5BE. Luton has handled 368 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Luton's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across CENTRAL. 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 5BE
Application type
Discharge of Multiple Conditions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation start
5 May 2026
Last date for comments
26 May 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Office For Architectural Culture Ltd Oakridge House Wellington Road High Wycombe HP12 3PR

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Clark
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 46 Windsor Walk, Luton Lu1 5DPRegister 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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  1. 2026
    27 Apr

    Change of use of the ground floor from Class E(a) (commercial) back to Class C3 (dwellinghouse), alongside a…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00431/DOC
  2. 2025
    27 Feb

    Change of use of the ground floor from Class E(a) (commercial) back to Class C3 (dwellinghouse), alongside a…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of25/00230/FUL

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