Planning application
The Orchard Centre Strangers Way Luton LU4 9ND
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Development of Land for Residential Purposes - Erection of 48 residential units after demolition of existing Orchard Centre -Application for Approval of Reserved Matters relating to Appearance , Landscaping, Layout and Scale of outline planning permission No. 17/00791/OUT dated 17th October 2019. Non material amendment of planning permission 19/01183/REM dated 17th June 2020. (regularise the site plan, boundary treatments plan, landscaping plan and dimensioned site plan to coincide with the approved house type floor plans)
As published by the council, reference 21/00873/AMEND
Application record
- Reference
- 21/00873/AMEND
- Type
- Non Material Amendments
- Status
- PER - Application Permitted
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 21 Jun 2021
- Validated
- 21 Jun 2021
- Decided
- 27 Aug 2021
- Ward
- LEAGRAVE
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LU4 9ND
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jun 2021
Received by Luton
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27 Aug 2021
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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30 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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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.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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