Planning application
15 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SA
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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 from existing commercial business (Class E) to provide 12 new residential apartments (Class C3) on upper floors of building.
As published by the council, reference 26/00580/PAEDWE
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00580/PAEDWE
- Status
- Unknown
- Received
- 2 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Ward
- CENTRAL
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LU1 1SA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Luton register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026.
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26/00930/FUL Awaiting decision
15 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SA
Erection of two additional floors to create eight flats (6 x two bed & 2 x one bed) with external alterations to elevations to include windows, doors and balconies
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26/00923/DOC Awaiting decision
15 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SA
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 from existing commercial business (Class E) to provide 12 new residential apartments (Class C3) on upper floors of building. Discharge of conditions 4 (Construction Environment Management Plan), and 5 (Acoustic Design) of Planning permission 26/00580/PAEDWE dated 11 August 2026.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jun 2026
Received by Luton
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17 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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16 Aug 2026
Status changed to Unknown
Previously Awaiting decision.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 August 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/00923/DOC Awaiting decision
15 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SA
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 from existing commercial business (Class E) to provide 12 new residential apartments (Class C3) on upper floors of building. Discharge of conditions 4 (Construction Environment Management Plan), and 5 (Acoustic Design) of Planning permission 26/00580/PAEDWE dated 11 August 2026.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- Decision Notice
- Case Officer Report
- ATK/26/B4/CH/TP1A - EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- ATK/26/FN/CH/SK3A - SITE PLAN AND BLOCK PLAN
- ATK/26/FN/CH/EX1B - EXISTING GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- ATK/26/FN/CH/EX2B - EXISTING SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR PLANS
- ATK/26/FN/CH/SK1B - PROPOSED GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR
- ATK/26/B4/CH/TP1A - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- ATK/26/FN/CH/SK2B - PROPOSED SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR
- ATK/26/FN/CH/EX1A - EXISTING GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- APPLICATION FORM
- ATK/26/FN/CH/SK3 - SITE LOCATION & BLOCK PLANS
- ATK/26/FN/CH/SK1 - PROPOSED GROUND & FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- ATK/26/FN/CH/SK2 - PROPOSED SECOND & THIRD FLOOR PLANS
- ATK/26/B4/CH/TP3 - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- ATK/26/B4/CH/TP1 - EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- ATK/26/EN/CH/EX1 - EXISTING GROUND & FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- ATK/26/FN/CH/EX2 - EXISTING SECOND & THIRD FLOOR PLANS
- PL01 - FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Luton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Luton's median decision took 73 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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