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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.
6,548 approved · 1,615 refused · 326 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Feb 2020 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 10 Trade City Kingsway Luton LU1 1FW
Received 25 Feb 2022149 Wellington Street Luton LU1 5AH
Received 26 Feb 202246 Barton Road Luton LU3 2BB
Received 28 Feb 202224 - 26 King Street Luton LU1 2DP
Received 28 Feb 2022429 Dunstable Road Luton LU4 8DD
Received 28 Feb 20229 Cannon Lane Luton LU2 8BJ
Received 28 Feb 2022210 Leagrave Road Luton LU3 1JD
Received 28 Feb 202233 Bancroft Road Luton LU3 2NB
Received 28 Feb 2022Cotton Mill Mews Kingham Way Luton LU2 7RG
Received 28 Feb 202234 Cheviot Road Luton LU3 3DQ
Received 14 Feb 202239 Felstead Way Luton LU2 7LJ
Received 28 Feb 2022Land Rear Of 225 To 227 Turners Road North Luton LU2 9AH
Received 28 Feb 2022Barnfield College New Bedford Road Luton LU2 7BF
Received 28 Feb 2022Barnfield College Bramingham Business Park Enterprise Way Luton LU3 4BU
Received 28 Feb 202234 Hazelwood Close Luton LU2 8AR
Received 1 Mar 202275 St Augustine Avenue Luton LU3 1QD
Received 1 Mar 202261 Castle Croft Road Luton LU1 5RN
Received 24 Feb 2022115 Dewsbury Road Luton LU3 2HL
Received 1 Mar 2022Land At Lewsey Park Pastures Way Luton LU4 0PF
Received 1 Mar 202287 Elmwood Crescent Luton LU2 7HZ
Received 2 Mar 2022Land R/o 46 - 58 Belmont Road Luton Bedfordshire LU1 1LL
Received 2 Mar 202215 Sundon Park Road Luton LU3 3AA
Received 2 Mar 20222 Holmscroft Road Luton LU3 2TJ
Received 2 Mar 2022Car Park Taylor Street Luton LU2 0EY
Received 2 Mar 2022Records 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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