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5 Cromwell Road Luton LU3 1DP

26/00826/COUApproved

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted8 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of a six person house in multiple occupation (HMO) Class C4 to an eight person large HMO (Sui Generis).

Received
5 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 31 October 2026
Ward
CENTRAL
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 5 Cromwell Road Luton LU3 1DP. Luton has handled 2,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across CENTRAL. We hold 448 applications in total for the LU3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
LU3 1DP
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2026
Consultation end
1 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jonathan Hill

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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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