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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Luton Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
5,991 approved · 1,457 refused · 299 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Feb 2020 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
2 Ailsworth Road Luton LU3 2UG
Received 22 Dec 202012 Chapter House Road Luton LU4 0NN
Received 22 Dec 2020189 New Bedford Road Luton LU3 1LJ
Received 22 Dec 20207A Chapel Street Luton LU1 2SE
Received 18 Dec 202015 Launton Close Luton LU3 4BF
Received 22 Dec 202080 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EH
Received 23 Dec 20204 Tintagel Close Luton LU3 1PF
Received 23 Dec 202027 St Augustine Avenue Luton LU3 1QD
Received 23 Dec 20206 Stoneways Close Luton LU4 9EG
Received 24 Dec 2020Land Rear Of 119 Ashburnham Road Luton LU1 1JW
Received 24 Dec 202048 St Lawrence Avenue Luton LU3 1QS
Received 24 Dec 202095 Manton Drive Luton LU2 7DL
Received 24 Dec 2020Land At 25 Dunstable Place Old Court House Car Park Luton LU1 2QT
Received 24 Dec 2020Sovereign Park Laporte Way Luton
Received 24 Dec 2020Luton And Dunstable Hospital Lewsey Road Luton LU4 0DZ
Received 24 Dec 202047 Vincent Road Luton LU4 9AN
Received 29 Dec 202025 Alexandra Avenue Luton LU3 1HE
Received 29 Dec 202032 Dunraven Avenue Luton LU1 1TP
Received 29 Dec 20204 Skua Close Luton LU4 0TF
Received 29 Dec 202045 Ludlow Avenue Luton LU1 3RW
Received 29 Dec 202028 Riverside Road Luton LU3 2LY
Received 29 Dec 20206 St Monicas Avenue Luton LU3 1PJ
Received 29 Dec 202087 Swifts Green Road Luton LU2 8BW
Received 29 Dec 20201 Lansdowne Road Luton LU3 1EE
Received 24 Dec 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Luton Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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