42 Church Road, Slip End, Luton, LU1 4BJ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Construction of a detached Self-Build and Custom build dwelling with associated parking and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 2 Jul 2026 · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Site constraints 5
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £260,000 in April 2017. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- LU1 4BJ
- Received
- 9 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 7 May 2026
- Parish
- Slip End
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 2 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Full Application - Refused Conditions or Reasons: View Conditions or Reasons Informative Notes: 1 )This decision refers to plan numbers: wren naj 009 2026, wren naj 009a 2026, wren naj 009b 2026, CBC-001.This decision refers to plan numbers: wren naj 009 2026, wren naj 009a 2026, wren naj 009b 2026, CBC-001. 2 )Please note that the unnumbered drawings submitted in connection with this application have been given unique numbers by the Local Planning Authority. The numbers can be sourced by examining the plans on the View a Planning Application pages of the Councils website www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.Please note that the unnumbered drawings submitted in connection with this application have been given unique numbers by the Local Planning Authority. The numbers can be sourced by examining the plans on the View a Planning Application pages of the Councils website www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
- Decision date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Agent
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 59% of new homes here are.
Plota live figures for new homes decided by Central Bedfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Central Bedfordshire decision record →
Public comments
100% object · above the UK average of 74%
Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 7 May 2026
- Comments by
- 4 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 13 May 2026
Historical activity at this location
7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Central Bedfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #62 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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