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The Albany 4 Cardiff Road Luton LU1 1PP

Refused Luton 24/00744/PAEDWE Prior - Class E to Resi

Works: New dwelling Major scheme

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

Proposal

Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use of business floor space and health service facilities (Class E) to 19 flats (1 two bed and 18 one bed) (Class C3)

As published by the council, reference 24/00744/PAEDWE

Application record

Reference
24/00744/PAEDWE
Type
Prior - Class E to Resi
Status
REF - Application Refused
Decision
Application Refused
Received
18 Jun 2024
Validated
16 Jul 2024
Decided
10 Sep 2024
Ward
SOUTH
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
LU1 1PP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Luton register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 26/00392/DOC Awaiting decision

    The Albany 4 Cardiff Road Luton LU1 1PP

    Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use of business floor space and health service facilities (Class E) to 19 flats (1 two bed and 18 one bed) (Class C3). Discharge of conditions 3 (Acoustic Report), 4 (External sound level) and 8 (Management Plan) of Planning permission 24/01144/PAEDWE dated 9 December 2024.

    Submitted 16 Apr 2026 Conditions
  • 24/01144/PAEDWE Granted

    The Albany 4 Cardiff Road Luton LU1 1PP

    Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use of business floor space and health service facilities (Class E) to 19 flats (1 two bed and 18 one bed) (Class C3).

    Decided 9 Dec 2024

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Jun 2024

    Received by Luton

  2. 16 Jul 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Sep 2024

    Decision issued: Application Refused

  4. 19 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

42 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 this record

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    24/01144/PAEDWE Submitted 4 Oct 2024 0m away

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