Old Forge House 55 West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LH

23/00192/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 July 2023

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory, increase width and height of existing attached outbuilding to facilitate enlarged utility/boot room. Internal and external alterations (as amended by plans received 30/05/2023).

Received: 2 February 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Historic
Agent: Benchmark Architects

ReceivedReceived2 Feb
ValidatedValidated2 Feb
Consult.Consultation7 Jul
TargetTarget Date18 Jun
DecidedDecided18 Jul

Decided in 166 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Old Forge House 55 West Street Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LH. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 166 days, 17 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Lilley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 966 applications in total for the LU2 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Lilley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 February 2023
Consultation expiry: 14 July 2023
Consultation end: 7 July 2023
Last date for comments: 14 July 2023
Target decision date: 18 June 2023
Permission expires: 18 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Benchmark Architects
Architect profile: BENCHMARK ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: 90 Dunstable Street Ampthill MK45 2JR

Planning decision

Case officer: Ben Glover
Statutory period: 136 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 11 March 2023
Site notice end: 14 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11885540

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Lilley
Listed building: Grade II: 55, West StreetOn or next to this site
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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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.

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.

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