43 - 51 Adelaide Street Luton LU1 5BD

1. 31 Aug 2026

   Received by Luton

2. 18 Sep 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 23 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 13 November 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.

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• 41 Adelaide Street Luton LU1 5BD

  23/00312/PACOM Submitted 14 Mar 2023 50 yards away

  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 office space (Class E) to (C3) residential. (Class MA) The scheme comprises 4 1 bed flats.

  Refused New dwelling 14 docs

• Car Park Adjacent To 69 Adelaide Street Luton Bedfordshire LU1 5BD

  21/01308/VARCON Submitted 18 Sep 2021 100 yards away

  Erection of a three storey building comprising of 3 two bed and 2 one bed flats, two storey building comprising 2 one bed flats and a three storey building comprising 3 two bed and 3 one bed flats. Variation of wording of Conditions 8 (surface water drainage) and 20 (verification report) of planning permission 17/00924/FUL dated 21st September 2018.

  Granted Amendments New dwelling 4 docs

• Car Park Adjacent To 69 Adelaide Street Luton LU1 5BD

  20/01512/DOC Submitted 3 Dec 2020 100 yards away

  Erection of a three storey building comprising of 3 two bed and 2 one bed flats, two storey building comprising 2 one bed flats and a three storey building comprising 3 two bed and 3 one bed flats. Discharge of conditions 3 (landscaping), 4 (tree protection), 5 (site security), 6 (external lighting), 7 (management plan), 11 (noise), 12 (boundary treatment), 13 (materials), 19 (contamination) and 22 (Secured parking area) of planning permission 17/00924/FUL dated 21st September 2018.

  Granted Conditions New dwelling Trees 22 docs

• 85 - 87 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AF

  21/00780/PACOM Submitted 1 Jun 2021 100 yards away

  Request for a determination as to whether prior approval is required under Part 3 Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use from office(s) (B1(a)) to (C3) residential. (Class O). 3 x 1 bedroom flats.

  Refused New dwelling 6 docs

• 74 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AA

  21/00596/PARTR Submitted 21 Apr 2021 100 yards away

  Request for Prior Approval under Part 3 Class M of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 - Change of use of ground floor from Class A1 (now Class E) to C3 (dwellings) 1 x dwellinghouse on ground floor and basement.

  Granted 8 docs
  Domestic

• Pavement Outside Magistrates Court 1 Buxton Road Luton LU1 5BL

  22/01605/DOC Submitted 13 Dec 2022 150 yards away

  Installation of one new BT Street Hub after the removal of associated BT kiosk(s). Discharge of condition 3 (construction and future maintenance plan) of planning permission 22/00794/FUL dated 1st September 2022.

  Granted Conditions 8 docs

• 26/01037/FUL Awaiting decision

  126 Wilsden Avenue Luton LU1 5HR

  Conversion and change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to residential children's home (Use Class C2), for one child/young person aged 5 -18 years, with associated care staff.

  Received 8 Oct, published by the council 21 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 26/00776/FUL Refused

  Park House 28 Park Street Luton LU1 3ET

  Installation of a commercial kitchen extraction and ventilation system to the rear

  Received 21 Jul, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Full applications
• 26/01005/FUL Awaiting decision

  6 William Street Luton LU2 7RF

  Installation of an ATM machine - Retrospective

  Received 30 Sep, published by the council 23 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 26/00426/FUL Granted

  Land Rear Of 9-13 Fallowfield Luton LU3 1UL

  Erection of 3 no. 2-bedroom terraced dwellings on part of the rear garden land of Nos. 9-13 Fallowfield.

  Received 22 Apr, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 26/00253/FUL Granted

  17 Hartley Road Luton LU2 0HX

  Erection of three-storey residential building comprising 7 flats (5 x two-bedroom and (2 x one-bedroom) flats with associated landscaping after demolition of the existing industrial warehouse building.

  Received 11 Mar, published by the council 23 Jul 2026 Full applications