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Ralphs Farm West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LH

18/01455/PNQPrior Approval Class Q Agric to DwellingRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 July 2018

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval Notification - Class Q: Change of use of agricultural barn to 2 x 3 bedroom dwellings and 1 x 4 bedroom dwelling (existing access to be maintained)

Received
5 June 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Historic
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Ralphs Farm West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LH. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 14 other applications at this address. We hold 966 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LU2 8LH
Application type
Prior Approval Class Q Agric to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lilley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2018
Consultation expiry
10 July 2018
Consultation end
3 July 2018
Last date for comments
10 July 2018
Target decision date
30 July 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Coach House 3 Villa Gardens High Street Flitwick MK45 1DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice end
10 July 2018

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    4 Oct

    Reserved Matters application for approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for outline…

    ApprovedReserved matters21/02834/RM
  2. 2021
    11 Mar

    Outline application for erection of one single storey dwelling (all matters reserved).

    ApprovedOutline Application21/00786/OP
  3. 2020
    15 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 11 (Archaeological works) as attached to Planning Application 18/02455/FP

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/01511/DOC
  4. 2020
    15 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 12 (Site investigation and post investigation assessment) as attached to Planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/01533/DOC
  5. 2020
    30 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 7 (Land Contamination) as attached to Planning Application 18/02455/FP

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/01376/DOC
  6. 2020
    11 Feb

    Conversion of existing barns to form 7 dwellings together with associated access, parking, amenity space and…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)20/00273/S73

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