Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

The Warden 129 Barton Road Luton LU3 2BL

Refused Luton 24/00738/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 - Use of the site as a Class E(b) Restaurant.

As published by the council, reference 24/00738/LAWE

Application record

Reference
24/00738/LAWE
Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Status
REF - Application Refused
Decision
Refused As published: Application Refused
Received
14 Jun 2024
Validated
26 Jun 2024
Decided
11 Sep 2024
Ward
ICKNIELD
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
LU3 2BL

Site history

Applications at this address on the Luton register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 0 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00919/FUL Awaiting decision

    The Warden 129 Barton Road Luton LU3 2BL

    Erection of 3 x four bedroom detached dwelling houses following demolition of existing public house.

    Submitted 1 Sep 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Jun 2024

    Received by Luton

  2. 26 Jun 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 11 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  4. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Whitbread PLC Applicant, registered in Porz Avenue Dunstable

Active · incorporated 2000 · Porz Avenue Dunstable

12 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils

Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.

See their track record

Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

  • Case Officer Report Case Officer Report · 19 Sep 2024
  • Decision Notice Decision Notice · 18 Sep 2024
  • DC06 - Internal photos Current Docs - ADDITIONAL · 10 Sep 2024
  • DC07 - Plan of kitchen Current Docs - ADDITIONAL · 10 Sep 2024
  • APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 26 Jun 2024
  • DC01 - SITE LOCATION PLAN Current Docs · 26 Jun 2024
  • DC04 - EXHIBIT PART1 Current Docs · 26 Jun 2024
  • DC05 - EXHIBIT PART2 Current Docs · 26 Jun 2024
  • DC03 - TENANCY AGREEMENT Current Docs · 26 Jun 2024

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

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.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 111 Barton Road Luton LU3 2BL

    22/00112/FULHH Submitted 2 Feb 2022 100 yards away

    Erection of an additional floor to create a two-storey dwellinghouse, single storey rear extension and alteration to fenestrations

    Granted Full applications Extension 8 docs
    Small domestic
  • 109 Barton Road Luton LU3 2BL

    23/00065/FULHH Submitted 20 Jan 2023 100 yards away

    Erection of first floor rear extension

    Granted Full applications Extension 9 docs
  • 38 Poplar Avenue Luton LU3 2BP

    23/00093/FULHH Submitted 26 Jan 2023 100 yards away

    Erection of a single storey rear extension and alterations to fenestration after demolition of conservatory

    Granted Full applications Extension Demolition +1 8 docs
    Small domestic
  • The Warden 129 Barton Road Luton LU3 2BL

    26/00919/FUL Submitted 1 Sep 2026 100 yards away

    74% historically approved · decision due ~8 Dec

    Erection of 3 x four bedroom detached dwelling houses following demolition of existing public house.

    Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling Demolition
    Domestic
  • 111B Barton Road Luton LU3 2BL

    26/00887/FUL Submitted 20 Aug 2026 100 yards away

    74% historically approved · decision due ~11 Nov

    Conversion and change of use from 3 bedroom dwellinghouse (class C3) to a children's home (class C2) for up to two children aged 8-17 yrs and erection of cycle store.

    Awaiting decision Full applications
    Domestic
  • 140 Barton Road Luton LU3 2BD

    26/00685/FUL Submitted 26 Jun 2026 150 yards away

    74% historically approved · decision due ~21 Aug

    Erection of replacement 4-bedroom chalet bungalow with associated parking, landscaping, bin/cycle storage and external works after demolition of existing dwelling.

    Awaiting decision Full applications Demolition 22 docs
    Domestic

In Luton

  • 26/00451/LAWP Granted

    100 Limbury Road Luton LU3 2PL

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Conversion and change of use of dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's home for up to one child, with a manager and two carers working on a rota basis (Class C2).

    Received 30 Apr, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/00565/LAWP Granted

    4 Dellcot Close Luton LU2 8HL

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Alterations from hip to gable roof and erection of rear dormer window with 2 front roof lights to facilitate loft conversion.

    Received 29 May, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/00674/LAWP Granted

    1 Wigmore Lane Luton LU2 8AA

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Erection of outbuilding to form a gym and games room.

    Received 24 Jun, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/00622/LAWE Granted

    44 London Road Luton LU1 3UQ

    Certificate of lawfulness of existing use - Conversion and change of use from a dwellinghouse to a nine person house of multiple occupation (HMO) (Class Sui - generis)

    Received 11 Jun, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/00864/LAWP Awaiting decision

    68 Langford Drive Luton LU2 9AJ

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Erection of rear dormer window with 2 front roof lights to facilitate loft conversion.

    Received 17 Aug, published by the council 1 Sep 2026 Lawful development