Lea Halls Bute Street Luton
Approved on 15 June 2026
Council decision: Application Permitted
Proposal
Conversion and change of use of student accommodation (Sui Generis) to co-living accommodation (Sui Generis), together with construction of new entrance canopies added to existing buildings and alterations to parking provision, boundary treatments, lighting, cycle stores, bin stores, landscaping, public realm works, after demolition of existing on-site warden bungalow. Discharge of condition 3 (Construction Environmental Method Plan) of Planning Permission 23/01199/FUL dated 27th March 2024.
- Received
- 7 May 2026
- Council
- Luton Borough Council
- Ward
- CENTRAL
- ReceivedReceived7 May
- ValidatedValidated7 May
- Consult.Consultation8 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided15 Jun
Decided in 39 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Lea Halls Bute Street Luton. Luton has handled 2,506 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across CENTRAL.
Application details
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 8 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Robert Guest
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Plaiters' Lea The Hat District Conservation Area 3Part of the site
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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, 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.
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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