Flat 1 59 Hitchin Road Luton LU2 0EL

1. 22 Aug 2024

   Received by Luton

2. 5 Sep 2024

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 25 Oct 2024

   Decision issued: Application Refused

4. 19 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 59 Hitchin Road Luton LU2 0EL

  24/00984/PAEDWE Submitted 20 Aug 2024 1m away

  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 the ground floor office (Class E) into 2 bedroom flat (Class C3)

  Granted 8 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 56m 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 94m 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

• 26/00380/LAWP Granted

  22 Hawthorn Avenue Luton LU2 8AW

  Certificate of lawfulness of proposed development - Erection of an outbuilding

  13 Apr 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00491/LAWP Refused

  58 Walcot Avenue Luton LU2 0PR

  Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Construction of hard surface to provide double car parking bays.

  8 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00485/LAWP Granted

  34 Russell Rise Luton LU1 5EX

  Certificate of lawfulness of proposed use - Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a six person house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Class C4)

  7 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00458/LAWP Granted

  200 Leagrave Road Luton LU3 1JD

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

  4 May 2026 Lawful development
• 26/00396/LAWP Granted

  60 Dawlish Road Luton LU4 9SD

  Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development - Conversion of existing garage to shower/utility room.

  17 Apr 2026 Lawful development