Planning application
First Floor 31 King Street Luton LU1 2DW
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use of the first and second floors from office use ((Use Class E) to form two self-contained residential units (Use Class C3(a))
As published by the council, reference 26/00512/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00512/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- REF - Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Application Refused
- Received
- 13 May 2026
- Validated
- 25 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 20 Aug 2026
- Ward
- CENTRAL
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LU1 2DW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 May 2026
Received by Luton
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25 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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20 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Application Refused
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
- Decision Notice
- Case Officer Report
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- APPLICATIONFORM
- PP26-05003-A3 - PROPOSED LAYOUT
- PP26-05001-A3 - SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- PP26-05002A-A3 - EXISTING LAYOUT
- PP26-05001-A3 - BLOCK PLAN
- DC01 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT & HERITAGE STATEMENT
- DC02 MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLAN
- PP26-05004 -A3 - EXISTING ELEVATIONS
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