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104A Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EW

Granted Luton 19/01372/RETRES Notifications - retail to residential

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Request for Prior Approval Class M of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use of a building from shops (Class A1), financial and professional Services to Dwellinghouses (Class C3) with associated building operations. Part of First Floor to a one bed flat.

As published by the council, reference 19/01372/RETRES

Application record

Reference
19/01372/RETRES
Type
Notifications - retail to residential
Status
Awaiting decision
Decision
Prior Approval permitted
Received
10 Oct 2019
Validated
16 Oct 2019
Decided
3 Dec 2019
Ward
BISCOT
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
LU1 1EW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Oct 2019

    Received by Luton

  2. 16 Oct 2019

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 3 Dec 2019

    Decision issued: Prior Approval permitted

  4. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What a grant of permission means

The process from here

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

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