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135 Ashburnham Road Luton LU1 1JW

Refused Luton 23/00016/LAWE Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)

Works: New dwelling

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness of existing use - change of use to seven self contained bedsit/flats.

As published by the council, reference 23/00016/LAWE

Application record

Reference
23/00016/LAWE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Status
REF - Application Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Application Refused
Received
6 Jan 2023
Validated
19 Jan 2023
Decided
15 Mar 2023
Ward
DALLOW
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
LU1 1JW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Jan 2023

    Received by Luton

  2. 19 Jan 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 15 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  4. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

26 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Luton refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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