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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Luton Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,782 approved · 1,690 refused · 340 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oakley House 213 Oakley Road Luton LU4 9QH
Received 22 Sept 2022Oakley House 213 Oakley Road Luton LU4 9QH
Received 22 Sept 2022Oakley House 213 Oakley Road Luton LU4 9QH
Received 22 Sept 20229A Chaul End Lane Luton LU4 8EZ
Received 22 Sept 202243 Graham Gardens Luton LU3 1NF
Received 22 Sept 202245 Dewsbury Road Luton LU3 2HH
Received 20 Sept 20223 Addington Court Addington Way Luton LU4 9FZ
Received 22 Sept 2022170 Dunstable Road Luton LU1 1EW
Received 22 Sept 20222 Roebuck Close Luton LU1 5PZ
Received 22 Sept 202216 Catsbrook Road Luton LU3 2ET
Received 21 Sept 202264 St Augustine Avenue Luton LU3 1QD
Received 22 Sept 2022Gilmartins House 102 Collingdon Street Luton LU1 1RX
Received 23 Sept 2022Unit N Airport Executive Park President Way Luton LU2 9NL
Received 23 Sept 2022Garages Adjacent 2 Seymour Avenue Luton LU1 3NR
Received 24 Sept 202273 Stopsley Way Stopsley Luton LU2 7UU
Received 26 Sept 2022Woodcroft Guide Headquarters 1 Lygetun Drive Luton LU3 3QD
Received 26 Sept 20225 Bishopscote Road Luton LU3 1NX
Received 26 Sept 2022Communal 86 To 96 Olympic Close Luton
Received 26 Sept 2022The Chalk Hills Academy Leagrave High Street Luton LU4 0NE
Received 26 Sept 20221 Dunsby Road Luton LU3 2UA
Received 26 Sept 20224 Sibley Close Luton LU2 9AQ
Received 27 Sept 202228 Woodland Avenue Luton LU3 1RW
Received 27 Sept 2022York Street Campus 1 York Street Luton LU2 0EZ
Received 27 Sept 202279 Argyll Avenue Luton LU3 1EJ
Received 27 Sept 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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