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154 New Town Street Luton LU1 3EF

Refused Luton 23/00163/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 2 one bed flats.

As published by the council, reference 23/00163/LAWE

Application record

Reference
23/00163/LAWE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Status
REF - Application Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Application Refused
Received
10 Feb 2023
Validated
22 Feb 2023
Decided
6 Apr 2023
Ward
SOUTH
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
LU1 3EF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 10 Feb 2023

    Received by Luton

  2. 22 Feb 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 6 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  4. 8 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Appeal: 23/00163/REFUSE (Withdrawn)

Who's behind it

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Stern - SAM Planning Services Agent, a planning consultancy

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Documents

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22 documents on file for this application

  • Appeal Form Appeal Form · 13 Jul 2023
  • Case Officer Report Case Officer Report · 06 Apr 2023
  • Decision Notice Decision Notice · 06 Apr 2023
  • APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 22 Feb 2023
  • DC01 PLANNING STATEMENT Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • EX-P002 EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • EX-P001 EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • EX-L001 EXISTING SITE LOCATION & BLOCK PLANS Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • EX-E004 EXISTING SIDE ELEVATION Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • EX-E002 EXISTING 3D REAR ELEVATION Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-S001 PRE EXISTING SECTIONS Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-P003 PRE EXISTING ROOF PLAN Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-P001 PRE EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-L001 PRE EXISTING SITE LOCATION & BLOCK PLANS Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-E003 PRE EXISTING FRONT & REAR ELEVATIONS Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-E001 PRE EXISTING 3D FRONT ELEVATION Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-E002 PRE EXISTING 3D REAR ELEVATION Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-E004 PRE EXISTING SIDE ELEVATION Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • PEX-P002 PRE EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • EX-E001 EXISTING 3D FRONT ELEVATION Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • EX-E003 EXISTING FRONT & REAR ELEVATIONS Current Docs · 22 Feb 2023
  • EX-P003 EXISTING ROOF PLAN Current Docs · 22 Feb 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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