Planning application
Unit 1B Viva Court Kimpton Road Luton LU2 0GX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of a commercial kitchen extract ventilation system including internal and external ductwork, roof level discharge, and associated plant and odour control equipment to serve the ground floor restaurant unit (Use Class E).
As published by the council, reference 26/00387/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00387/FUL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 16 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 21 Oct 2026
- Ward
- VAUXHALL
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LU2 0GX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Apr 2026
Received by Luton
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21 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Nov 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Luton took a median of 73 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- DC08 SITE LOCATION PLAN
- DC02 BLOCK PLAN
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- 312-BAL-ABC-LG-DR-A- 010001-C11 LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- DC10 PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN
- DC03 EXISTING FLOOR PLAN
- DC05 EXTRACTION STATEMENT
- DC17 ACOUSTIC REPORT
- DC16 SUMMARY STATEMENT
- DC06 SPECIFICATION DETAILS
- DC11 ODOUR CONTROL SPECIFICATION DETAILS
- DC04 EXTECHNOLOGY - OZONE FILTER - ICONIC (UNIT 1B)
- DC18 INSERTION LOSS SCHEDULE
- DC13 FIRE STATEMENT
- DC14 SELFIRE PENETRATION SEAL SOLID WALL DETAIL
- DC15 SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT
- DC01 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- DC09 PARKING PROVISION STATEMENT
- IU1BL-02 PROPOSED EXTRACTION ELEVATION AND ROOF PLAN
- DC12 SECTIONS
- DC07 FRONT ELEVATION VIEW AND SECTION
- IU1BL-01-B PROPOSED KITCHEN EXTRACT LAYOUT PLAN
- 312-BAL-ABC-ZZ-DR-A-040001-C8 NORTH EAST & SOUTH WEST ELEVATION PLAN
- 312-BAL-ZB-10-DR-A-010281-C2 PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
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