Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
6,832 approved · 1,699 refused · 340 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 2019 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Havelock Rise Luton LU2 7PS
Received 24 Oct 202230 Minorca Way Luton LU4 0QA
Received 25 Oct 202296 - 104 Marsh Road Luton LU3 2NL
Received 25 Oct 202220 Alexandra Avenue Luton LU3 1HG
Received 25 Oct 2022115 Grampian Way Luton LU3 3HD
Received 19 Oct 202288 Meyrick Avenue Luton LU1 5JR
Received 26 Oct 202224 Heacham Close Luton LU4 0YJ
Received 26 Oct 20223 Stoneleigh Close Luton LU3 3XE
Received 26 Oct 20223 Stoneleigh Close Luton LU3 3XE
Received 26 Oct 2022289 New Bedford Road Luton LU3 1LW
Received 26 Oct 2022Luton Sixth Form College 1 Bradgers Hill Road Luton LU2 7EW
Received 26 Oct 2022910 Butterfield Great Marlings Luton LU2 8DL
Received 26 Oct 2022225 Ashcroft Road Luton LU2 9AA
Received 27 Oct 202231 Bagwicks Close Luton LU3 3NG
Received 27 Oct 202244 Felstead Way Luton LU2 7LH
Received 27 Oct 202211 Abingdon Road Luton LU4 0EE
Received 28 Oct 2022126 Tennyson Road Luton LU1 3RP
Received 28 Oct 2022104 Willow Way Luton LU3 2SD
Received 28 Oct 2022Land Adjacent To 1B Roman Road Luton LU4 9DJ
Received 28 Oct 2022135 Farley Hill Luton LU1 5EH
Received 28 Oct 202254 Bolingbroke Road Luton LU1 5JE
Received 28 Oct 2022Luton And Dunstable Hospital Lewsey Road Luton LU4 0DZ
Received 28 Oct 202235 Wetherne Link Luton LU4 9PE
Received 31 Oct 2022Unit 7, Imperial Court Laporte Way Luton LU4 8FE
Received 31 Oct 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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