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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.
6,573 approved · 1,628 refused · 327 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
107 Old Bedford Road Luton LU2 7PF
Received 14 Apr 2022Winchester House 21 Park Street West Luton LU1 3BE
Received 14 Apr 202242 Ely Way Luton LU4 9QN
Received 14 Apr 2022307 Old Bedford Road Luton LU2 7BW
Received 15 Apr 2022129 Westmorland Avenue Luton LU3 2PT
Received 15 Apr 202249 Icknield Way Luton LU3 2BT
Received 17 Apr 20225 Bunting Road Luton LU4 0UU
Received 18 Apr 202252 St Michaels Crescent Luton LU3 1NA
Received 19 Apr 202240 - 58 Collingdon Street Luton LU1 1RX
Received 19 Apr 20225 Bunting Road Luton LU4 0UU
Received 19 Apr 202254 St Saviours Crescent Luton LU1 5HG
Received 19 Apr 202244 Stanton Road Luton LU4 0BJ
Received 19 Apr 202210 Fitzroy Avenue Luton LU3 1RS
Received 19 Apr 2022156 Dallow Road Luton LU1 1NF
Received 19 Apr 20221-92 Milliners Court (excl Blocks 33-52 And 93-96) Milliners Way Luton
Received 20 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To Chubb House 400 Dallow Road Luton LU1 1FF
Received 20 Apr 2022Rear Of 18 Union Street Luton Bedfordshire LU1 3AN
Received 20 Apr 20227 Wigmore Lane Luton LU2 8AA
Received 12 Apr 20229 Byfield Close Luton LU4 0BX
Received 19 Apr 2022129 Westmorland Avenue Luton LU3 2PT
Received 14 Apr 202247 Chatsworth Road Luton LU4 8AS
Received 19 Apr 2022121 Limbury Road Luton LU3 2PJ
Received 19 Apr 2022137 Harcourt Street Luton LU1 3QJ
Received 19 Apr 2022438 New Bedford Road Luton LU3 2BA
Received 20 Apr 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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