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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.
6,668 approved · 1,653 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement Outside 37 George Street Luton LU1 2AQ
Received 24 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 37 George Street Luton LU1 2AQ
Received 24 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 170 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EW
Received 24 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 170 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EW
Received 24 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 58 Park Street Luton LU1 3ET
Received 24 Jun 2022Pavement Outside 58 Park Street Luton LU1 3ET
Received 24 Jun 202292 Telscombe Way Luton LU2 8JW
Received 27 Jun 20226 Ailsworth Road Luton LU3 2UG
Received 27 Jun 2022114 Ashburnham Road Luton LU1 1JU
Received 27 Jun 20221 Felstead Way Luton LU2 7LH
Received 27 Jun 202234 Cheviot Road Luton LU3 3DQ
Received 27 Jun 2022298 Poynters Road Luton LU4 0TN
Received 27 Jun 202261 Halfway Avenue Luton LU4 8RA
Received 27 Jun 2022175 Dallow Road Luton LU1 1NX
Received 27 Jun 20225 Roebuck Close Luton LU1 5PZ
Received 27 Jun 2022Former Vauxhall Motors Site Kimpton Road Luton
Received 27 Jun 20227 Hawkfields Luton LU2 7NN
Received 27 Jun 202249 Icknield Way Luton LU3 2BT
Received 27 Jun 202256 Fourth Avenue Luton LU3 3BU
Received 28 Jun 2022House Of Hallgarten Dallow Road Luton LU1 1UR
Received 28 Jun 2022House Of Hallgarten Dallow Road Luton LU1 1UR
Received 28 Jun 2022The International Wine Centre 400 Dallow Road Luton LU1 1UR
Received 28 Jun 202253 Princess Street Luton LU1 5AT
Received 28 Jun 202224 Turners Road South Luton LU2 0PH
Received 29 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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