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130 Leagrave Road Luton LU4 8HX

Refused Luton 23/00112/LAWE Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)

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 - Conversion and change of use of part of commercial area to 1 two bedroom residential flat to the rear of 130 Leagrave Road

As published by the council, reference 23/00112/LAWE

Application record

Reference
23/00112/LAWE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Status
REF - Application Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Application Refused
Received
31 Jan 2023
Validated
31 Jan 2023
Decided
28 Mar 2023
Ward
BISCOT
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
LU4 8HX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 Jan 2023

    Received by Luton

  2. 28 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  3. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Appeal: 23/00112/REFUSE (appeal Dismissed)

Documents

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

13 documents on file for this application

  • Appeal Decision Appeal Decision · 22 May 2024
  • Appeal Form Appeal Form · 25 May 2023
  • Appellants Case Appellant`s Case · 25 May 2023
  • Decision Notice Decision Notice · 28 Mar 2023
  • Case Officer Report Case Officer Report · 28 Mar 2023
  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 31 Jan 2023
  • A501 - SITE AND BLOCK PLAN Current Docs · 31 Jan 2023
  • A102 - EXISTING.FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS Current Docs · 31 Jan 2023
  • DC01 - PLANNING STATEMENT Current Docs · 31 Jan 2023
  • STATUTORY DECLARATION OF OWNER OF PROPERTY The BackGround Papers · 31 Jan 2023
  • STATUTORY DECLARATION OF PREVIOUS OCCUPIER The BackGround Papers · 31 Jan 2023
  • DC01 - APPENDIX 1-LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN-DRAWING NUMBER A501.PDF1 Current Docs · 31 Jan 2023
  • DC02 - APPENDIX 2- EXISTING FLOOR AND ELEVATION DRAWINGS -DRAWING NUMBER A102.PD Current Docs · 31 Jan 2023

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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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