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Montrose 55 Hart Hill Lane Luton LU2 0BA

26/00599/LAWPCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 14 August 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to 8 people - 6 bedroom HMO (Class C4)

Received
8 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
ROUND GREEN
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Montrose 55 Hart Hill Lane Luton LU2 0BA. Luton has handled 185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across ROUND GREEN. We hold 963 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

82% of outline 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 0BA
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Target decision date
28 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Ashurst Cottage Birchwood Storridge Malvern WR13 5HA

Planning decision

Case officer
Gemma Clark
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
4

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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