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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.
7,015 approved · 1,753 refused · 345 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Byron Road Luton LU4 0HY
Received 15 Mar 202330 Waller Avenue Luton LU4 9RP
Received 15 Mar 202317 Pembroke Avenue Luton LU4 9BH
Received 15 Mar 202354 Ashcroft Road Luton LU2 9AU
Received 15 Mar 2023142 Farley Hill Luton LU1 5NR
Received 16 Mar 2023124 Wilsden Avenue Luton LU1 5HR
Received 16 Mar 2023Former Vauxhall Motors Site Kimpton Road Luton
Received 16 Mar 2023Hope House 36 Moor Street Luton LU1 1HA
Received 17 Mar 202315 Clarendon Road Luton
Received 17 Mar 202320 Chapel Street Luton LU1 2SE
Received 17 Mar 202341 Adelaide Street Luton LU1 5BD
Received 14 Mar 2023Luton Dawah Academy 48 Kingsway Luton LU4 8EH
Received 17 Mar 2023106 Old Bedford Road Luton LU2 7HJ
Received 17 Mar 202321 Saltfield Crescent Luton LU4 9NU
Received 3 Mar 202377 Brussels Way Luton LU3 3TH
Received 20 Mar 2023198 Toddington Road Luton LU4 9DY
Received 20 Mar 202311 Dunsby Road Luton LU3 2UA
Received 19 Mar 202325 Mixes Hill Road Luton LU2 7TX
Received 20 Mar 20232 Ailsworth Road Luton LU3 2UG
Received 20 Mar 20237 North Drift Way Luton LU1 5JF
Received 20 Mar 2023100 High Street Leagrave Luton LU4 9LQ
Received 21 Mar 2023354 Poynters Road Luton LU4 0TW
Received 21 Mar 2023551 Dunstable Road Luton LU4 8QW
Received 21 Mar 202358 Culverhouse Road Luton LU3 1PY
Received 22 Mar 2023Records 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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