Planning application
3 Church Street Luton LU1 3JE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from restaurant with ancillary offices and stores (Class E(b)) to mixed-use drinking establishment with food, music and events (Sui Generis) on the ground floor and part first floor, including outdoor bar within existing seating area, commercial offices on part first floor (Class E(g)(i)), and installation of open timber canopy and security gates (retrospective). Discharge of conditions 7 (Noise Management Plan) and 8 (Management Plan) of Planning permission 25/01219/FUL dated 23rd December 2025.
As published by the council, reference 26/00260/DOC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00260/DOC
- Type
- Discharge of Multiple Conditions
- Status
- PER - Application Permitted
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 16 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 8 May 2026
- Ward
- SOUTH
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LU1 3JE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Mar 2026
Received by Luton
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8 May 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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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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