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Proposal
Conversion and change of use from a 5 bedroom dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a children's care home (Class C2 residential institution) for up to four children. Discharge of condition 4 (Management Plan) of Planning Appeal decision APP/ () dated 22nd August 2024. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 24 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Associated applications 2
Part of
Conditions 4 discharged
- ConditionsConversion and change of use from a 5 bedroom dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a children's care…This application26/00497/DOC
Site constraints 4
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 3
Last sold for £450,000 in December 2022. Semi-detached 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 January 2018, 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
How this decision compares
Decided in 36 days from validation, 20 days faster than Luton's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 61% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Luton in the last twelve months, from validation. Luton decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Consultation
- 29 May 2026
- Comments by
- 19 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
21 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Luton ranks #187 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) 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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Referenced application
Council archive
9 Marlborough Road Luton LU3 1EF
Conversion and change of use from a 5 bedroom dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a children's care home (Class C2 residential institution) for up to four children.
- Received
- 27 Sep 2023
- Decided
- 8 Dec 2023
- Outcome
- Refused