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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.
7,703 approved · 1,913 refused · 388 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Aug 2018 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Prologis Park Griffin House 5 Osborne Road Luton LU1 3YT
Received 22 Jun 20239 Denbigh Road Luton LU3 1NP
Received 23 Jun 202332 Crawley Green Road Luton LU2 0QX
Received 23 Jun 202323 Elmwood Crescent Luton LU2 7HX
Received 23 Jun 2023350 Beechwood Road Luton LU4 9RG
Received 23 Jun 202356 Grange Avenue Luton LU4 9AU
Received 23 Jun 20239 Reeves Avenue Luton LU3 1UY
Received 23 Jun 2023Car Park 1, Holland Road & Car Park, Norman Road Luton
Received 23 Jun 202327 Manton Drive Luton LU2 7DH
Received 23 Jun 202327 Manton Drive Luton LU2 7DH
Received 23 Jun 2023383 Dunstable Road Luton LU4 8BY
Received 26 Jun 2023139 London Road Luton LU1 3RL
Received 26 Jun 202362 Nunnery Lane Luton LU3 1XB
Received 26 Jun 202356 Roman Road Luton LU4 9DN
Received 26 Jun 2023125 Farley Hill Luton LU1 5EQ
Received 26 Jun 20236 Lamers Road Luton LU2 9BL
Received 27 Jun 2023Plot F Land Adjacent Junction 10 To 10A M1 Newlands Road Luton
Received 27 Jun 2023Unit 2 Luton Retail Park, Gipsy Lane Luton LU1 3JH
Received 27 Jun 2023Unit 2 Luton Retail Park Gipsy Lane Luton LU1 3JH
Received 27 Jun 202339 Fallowfield Luton LU3 1UL
Received 28 Jun 202339 Fallowfield Luton LU3 1UL
Received 28 Jun 20231 Audley Place Somerset Avenue Luton LU2 0QD
Received 28 Jun 202319A Icknield Way Luton LU3 2BT
Received 28 Jun 20232 George Street West Luton LU1 2BJ
Received 28 Jun 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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