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. - Discharge of Condition No. 03 (Boundary Treatment) of Planning Permission No. 17/00791/OUT dated 17th October 2019
As published by the council, reference 23/00066/DOC
Application record
- Reference
- 23/00066/DOC
- Type
- Discharge of Multiple Conditions
- Status
- PER - Application Permitted
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 20 Jan 2023
- Validated
- 20 Jan 2023
- Decided
- 21 Feb 2023
- Ward
- LEAGRAVE
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LU4 9ND
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jan 2023
Received by Luton
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21 Feb 2023
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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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Open the documentsWhat 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.
About conditions applications
How this application type works
This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.
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