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15 New Bedford Road Luton LU1 1SA

Awaiting decision Luton 26/00580/PAEDWE

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
Postcode
LU1 1SA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Luton register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • 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.

    Submitted 2 Sep 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jun 2026

    Received by Luton

  2. 17 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. 16 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Unknown

    Previously Awaiting decision.

  5. 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 76 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 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.

    Submitted 2 Sep 2026 Conditions

What 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 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Luton's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

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