Planning application
8 Alma Street Luton LU1 2PL
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Conversion and change of use from community infrastructure (Class D1) to 36 flats (16 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom) (Class C3) across the second, part of the fourth, fifth and part of the sixth floor. - Discharge of Condition No. 3 (Construction Method Statement and Condition No. 7 (Noise Impact Assessment) of Planning Permission No. 19/00926/COU dated 17th March 2020
As published by the council, reference 21/00875/DOC
Application record
- Reference
- 21/00875/DOC
- Type
- Discharge of Multiple Conditions
- Status
- PER - Application Permitted
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 22 Jun 2021
- Validated
- 22 Jun 2021
- Decided
- 16 Sep 2021
- Ward
- SOUTH
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LU1 2PL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Luton register
This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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21/00930/AMEND Granted
8 Alma Street Luton LU1 2PL
Conversion and change of use from community infrastructure (Class D1) to 36 flats (16 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom) (Class C3) across the second, part of the fourth, fifth and part of the sixth floor. Non-Material Amendment of planning permission 19/00926/COU dated 17th March 2020 (minor design amendments, including internal reconfiguration).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jun 2021
Received by Luton
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16 Sep 2021
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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9 Sep 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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Luton granted permission on 16 September 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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