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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.
8,776 approved · 2,158 refused · 433 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jan 2018 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 Littlefield Road Luton LU2 9BU
Received 15 Dec 202516 Whittingham Close Luton LU2 9UR
Received 15 Dec 2025212 Barton Road Luton LU3 3NH
Received 15 Dec 202584 Cutenhoe Road Luton LU1 3NF
Received 15 Dec 20252A Tudor Road Luton LU3 1RN
Received 15 Dec 202515 Studley Road Luton LU3 1BB
Received 15 Dec 2025Central Library Library Road Luton LU1 2NG
Received 15 Dec 2025London Luton Airport Airport Way Luton
Received 25 Nov 202532 Montrose Avenue Luton LU3 1HR
Received 16 Dec 202535 Stockwood Crescent Luton LU1 3SS
Received 16 Dec 2025St Marys Church Church Street Luton LU1 3JF
Received 17 Dec 2025Crescent Rise Luton Bedfordshire
Received 17 Dec 202521 Turnpike Drive Luton LU3 3RA
Received 17 Dec 2025Motorbodies Vauxhall 2 - 6 Bilton Way Luton LU1 1UU
Received 17 Dec 2025Wigmore Valley Park Eaton Green Road Luton LU2 9JB
Received 18 Dec 2025Aerial Site Kestrel Way Luton
Received 18 Dec 2025Aerial Site Kestrel Way Luton
Received 18 Dec 2025Aerial Site Kestrel Way Luton
Received 18 Dec 2025Aerial Site Kestrel Way Luton
Received 18 Dec 2025Aerial Site Kestrel Way Luton
Received 18 Dec 202516 Ames Close Luton LU3 4AS
Received 18 Dec 202559 Halfway Avenue Luton LU4 8RA
Received 19 Dec 20256 Avondale Road Luton LU1 1DJ
Received 19 Dec 20256 Holmfield Close Luton LU1 3SX
Received 19 Dec 2025Records 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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