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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.
6,881 approved · 1,718 refused · 341 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
198 Toddington Road Luton LU4 9DY
Received 27 Nov 2022The Leagrave Centre Strangers Way Luton LU4 9ND
Received 27 Nov 202229 Anmer Gardens Luton LU4 0HB
Received 28 Nov 202277 Blakeney Drive Luton LU2 7LB
Received 28 Nov 202213 Santingfield North Luton LU1 5LS
Received 28 Nov 20222 Westlecote Gardens Luton LU2 7DR
Received 28 Nov 20221 Union Street Luton LU1 3AN
Received 28 Nov 202243 Marston Gardens Luton LU2 7DU
Received 29 Nov 202214 Shelley Road Luton LU4 0JA
Received 29 Nov 2022Great Bramingham Wood Whitehorse Vale Luton LU3 3QD
Received 29 Nov 202212 Turners Road South Luton LU2 0PH
Received 30 Nov 202230 Tomlinson Avenue Luton LU4 0QW
Received 30 Nov 2022Hat Gardens Former Silver Street Car Park Silver Street Luton LU1 1EF
Received 30 Nov 2022Wigmore Park Centre Wigmore Lane Luton LU2 9TA
Received 30 Nov 2022Chester Works & Land Adjacent And Behind 2 Chester Avenue Luton LU4 9SF
Received 30 Nov 2022120 Bishopscote Road Luton LU3 1PB
Received 30 Nov 20221-4 Limerick Close Luton LU4 0AF
Received 30 Nov 2022205 Crawley Green Road Luton LU2 0QL
Received 1 Dec 2022Orion House 72 Chapel Street Luton LU1 5DA
Received 1 Dec 202260 Marsom Grove Luton LU3 4BQ
Received 1 Dec 202278 Toddington Road Luton LU4 9DY
Received 29 Nov 20223 Argyll Avenue Luton LU3 1EG
Received 2 Dec 202215 Goldcrest Close Luton LU4 0XX
Received 2 Dec 2022The Chalk Hills Academy Leagrave High Street Luton LU4 0NE
Received 2 Dec 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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