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Land/Embankment In Front Of No's 154, 156 And 158 Hitchin Road Luton LU2 0ES

26/00508/TPOSWorks to protected treesApproved

Approved on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to Trees: To prune three Sycamore trees (T1, T2 and T3) located on land to the front of No's 154, 156, and 158 Hitchin Road by cutting through branches approximately 0.5m in diameter to allow a new cable to pass between the trees and the telecommunication pole outside.

Received
12 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
HIGH TOWN
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.6 Jul
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land/Embankment In Front Of No's 154, 156 And 158 Hitchin Road Luton LU2 0ES. Luton has handled 65 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across HIGH TOWN. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

97% of trees 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
LU2 0ES
Application type
Works to protected trees
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026
Consultation start
15 June 2026
Last date for comments
6 July 2026
Target decision date
21 August 2026
Permission expires
21 August 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mrs Naila Malik
Statutory period
78 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
3

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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