Planning application
Lester Hall 48 - 54 John Street Luton
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Conversion and change of use from student accommodation Class (C2) to 14 flats (13 x three bedroom) and (1 x two bedroom) flats (Class C3). Discharge of condition 17 (Prohibition of parking) of Planning permission 21/01296/FUL dated 28th December 2023.
As published by the council, reference 24/01140/DOC
Application record
- Reference
- 24/01140/DOC
- Type
- Discharge of Multiple Conditions
- Status
- PER - Application Permitted
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 3 Oct 2024
- Validated
- 7 Oct 2024
- Decided
- 2 Dec 2024
- Ward
- SOUTH
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Oct 2024
Received by Luton
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7 Oct 2024
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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19 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
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.
About conditions applications
How this application type works
This type of application deals with conditions attached to an existing permission, either by supplying the details a condition requires, called discharging it, or by asking to vary or remove one. It does not reopen the principle of the permission itself. Building often cannot lawfully start, or continue past a set stage, until the named conditions are discharged.
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