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52 South Drift Way Luton LU1 5PX

26/00780/AMENDNon Material AmendmentsRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 17 August 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of single front, side and rear extension - Non Material Amendment to Planning Permission No. 25/00596/FULHH datted 26th Septermber 2025 - (Replacing window with a door in the front and rear elevation ground floor)

Received
22 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
FARLEY
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 52 South Drift Way Luton LU1 5PX. Luton has handled 188 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Luton's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across FARLEY. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.

76% of amendment 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 5PX
Application type
Non Material Amendments
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Target decision date
19 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
38A Needham Terrace London UK NW2 6QL

Planning decision

Case officer
Khayer Shaon
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Jul

    Erection of single front, side and rear extension - Non Material Amendment to Planning Permission No…

    This applicationRefusedNon-material amendment26/00780/AMEND
  2. 2025
    27 May

    Erection of single front, side and rear extension

    ApprovedFUL HouseholdPart of25/00596/FULHH

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