59 Hitchin Road Luton LU2 0EL

1. 20 Aug 2024

   Received by Luton

2. 15 Oct 2024

   Decision issued: Prior Approval Not Required

3. 19 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

This page mirrors an entry on the statutory planning register that Luton is required to keep. The published feed for this record does not state which type of application it is, which is common for older entries and for some council systems; the register entry on the council portal will say, alongside the case officer and any consultation dates.

Every planning application follows the same broad path: submission, validation, publicity, then a decision by officers or committee. Our guide to planning application types explains the common types and what each can approve.

• Flat 1 59 Hitchin Road Luton LU2 0EL

  24/00994/LAWP Submitted 22 Aug 2024 1m away

  Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use - Conversion and change of use of the first floor flat into a three person HMO (Use Class C4).

  Refused Lawful development 19 docs

• 1 - 9 York Street Luton LU2 0EZ

  26/00209/DOC Submitted 26 Feb 2026 48m away

  Erection of two 4 to 5 storey residential block comprising 57 flats (7 three bed, 32 two bed and 18 one bed) with associated paths, fences, landscaping, walls, refuse and cycle storage after demolition and change of use of existing commercial buildings - Discharge of Condition Nos. 13 and 15 (Contamination and Monitoring - Phase 2 remediation report) of Planning Permission No. 22/00400/DOC dated 16th April 2024

  Granted Conditions New dwelling Demolition 4 docs
  Major scheme

• 1 - 9 York Street Luton LU2 0EZ

  26/00248/DOC Submitted 10 Mar 2026 52m away

  Erection of two 4 to 5 storey residential block comprising 57 flats (7 three bed, 32 two bed and 18 one bed) with associated paths, fences, landscaping, walls, refuse and cycle storage after demolition and change of use of existing commercial buildings. Discharge of conditions 3 (Materials ) and 12 (Construction Method Statement) of Planning Permission 22/00400/FUL dated 26th April 2024.

  Granted Conditions New dwelling Demolition 30 docs
  Major scheme

• 1 - 9 York Street Luton LU2 0EZ

  26/00190/DOC Submitted 19 Feb 2026 52m away

  Erection of two 4 to 5 storey residential block comprising 57 flats (7 three bed, 32 two bed and 18 one bed) with associated paths, fences, landscaping, walls, refuse and cycle storage after demolition and change of use of existing commercial buildings. Discharge of conditions 8 (Management and maintenance plan of surface water drainage), 10 (Detailed design of the surface water drainage), 11 (Additional surface water run-off from the site ), 17 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) & 18 (Piling) of Planning Permission 22/00400/FUL dated 26th April 2024.

  Granted Conditions New dwelling Demolition 29 docs
  Major scheme

• York Street & York Street Campus Car Park Concorde Street Luton, LU2 0EZ

  23/00280/AMEND Submitted 10 Mar 2023 57m away

  Redevelopment of Concorde Street Car Park and part of Concorde Street highway for mini-buses pick-up/drop-off and ancillary hard/soft landscaped areas for the proposed SEN Secondary School and a car park ancillary to the High Town Community Centre (Concorde Street) and redevelopment of the York Street turning area as a car park. Non-Material Amendment of planning permission 20/01534/FUL dated 9th April 2021 (Differences in finishes and associated levels, fencing gate 10 is relocated and associated changes, differences in the associated drainage)

  Granted Amendments 9 docs

• 17 Hartley Road Luton LU2 0HX

  26/00253/FUL Submitted 11 Mar 2026 93m away

  76% historically approved · decision due ~17 Jun

  Erection of three-storey residential building comprising 7 flats (5 x two-bedroom and (2 x one-bedroom) flats with associated landscaping after demolition of the existing industrial warehouse building.

  Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling Demolition 29 docs
  Several homes