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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.
6,648 approved · 1,651 refused · 337 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 2019 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
243B Dunstable Road Luton LU4 8BW
Received 21 Jun 20222A Locarno Avenue Luton LU4 9EJ
Received 22 Jun 202238 Hazelbury Crescent Luton LU1 1DG
Received 22 Jun 202249 Peartree Road Luton LU2 8AZ
Received 22 Jun 2022261 New Bedford Road Luton LU3 1LW
Received 22 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 7 Church Street Luton LU1 3JE
Received 22 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 7 Church Street Luton LU1 3JE
Received 22 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 83 George Street Luton LU1 2AT
Received 22 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 83 George Street Luton LU1 2AT
Received 22 Jun 2022Pavement Outside Magistrates Court 1 Buxton Road Luton LU1 5BL
Received 22 Jun 2022Pavement Outside Magistrates Court 1 Buxton Road Luton LU1 5BL
Received 22 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 50 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EF
Received 22 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 50 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EF
Received 22 Jun 2022Broadcasting House 1 Hastings Street Luton LU1 5XL
Received 22 Jun 202232 Dunsmore Road Luton LU1 5JY
Received 23 Jun 2022248 Toddington Road Luton LU4 9DZ
Received 23 Jun 2022Runley Wood Pumping Station Dallow Road Luton
Received 23 Jun 20223 Farley Farm Road Luton LU1 5NZ
Received 16 Jun 202210 Aydon Road Luton LU3 2HB
Received 24 Jun 202254 Filmer Road Luton LU4 9BX
Received 24 Jun 20229 & 10 Rudyard Close Luton LU4 9XD
Received 24 Jun 20224-11 Burr Street Luton LU2 0HN
Received 24 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 4 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1DX
Received 24 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 4 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1DX
Received 24 Jun 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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