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87 Leicester Road Luton LU4 8SG

26/00768/HHFTHousehold fast trackRefused
Full

Refused on 21 August 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Alterations to fenestration to facilitate a conversion of garage to habitable space. Under FAST TRACK

Received
20 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CHALLNEY
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 87 Leicester Road Luton LU4 8SG. Luton has handled 619 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across CHALLNEY. We hold 353 applications in total for the LU4 postcode area.

80% of full 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
LU4 8SG
Application type
Household fast track
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2026
Consultation expiry
11 August 2026
Consultation start
23 July 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 August 2026
Last date for comments
13 August 2026
Target decision date
18 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
R&R Architecture 2 Wellfarm Road Whyteleafe CR3 0FN

Planning decision

Case officer
Claudiu Bica
Statutory period
29 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
2

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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