14 apartments at 49 - 51 Collingdon Street, Luton

“Item No: Committee: Development Management Date of Meeting: December 2025 Application Ref: 25/00378/FUL Subject: Erection of a six storey residential development with set-back upper storeys and associated amenity spaces, comprising of 14 apartments; four No. 1 bed and ten No. 2 bed Address: 49 - 51 Collingdon Street, Luton.”

“Background: The Site and Surroundings 3. The site is located at number 49 – 51 Collingdon Street, at the western end of the street and located in the North-Western corner of the Town Centre (as defined by the Luton Local Plan policy map) not far from the Telford Way Roundabout and pedestrian crossing bridges, accessed via a footway at the western end of the street.”

“The site comprises an area of approximately 420 sq m and is located within the Town Centre in an allocated Category A Key Employment Area (as shown in the town centre policy map extract below). Category A Key Employment Areas are described in the LLP N”

“To the immediate North of the site is the four-storey office and red brick built building ‘Clody House’ housing various commercial businesses, along with a Pentecostal Church. Further to the East and adjacent to Clody House is another existing office building known as Hamilton House, another four-storey red brick office building.”

“Site History 9. 24/01115/DOC - Request for Prior Approval - Demolition of the existing building. Discharge of condition 3 (Demolition Method Statement) of Planning permission 24/00835/PRIORD dated 20th August 2024. 10. 24/00835/PRIORD – Request for Prior Approval: Demolition of the Existing Building. 11. 85/00287/TEMP - Continued use of First Floor of Hat Factory as office accommodation. 12.”

“Consultation Responses Technical Consultation 24. The application was notified to several technical consultees and no significant issues have been raised towards the development, in some cases following the receipt of additional information. Conditions have been recommended and, where appropriate and reasonable, these have been incorporated into the conditions as set out at ‘Appendix A’ and summarised above.”

“Following discussions, comments and statements by Members of the Committee, the Chair moved the Officer’s recommendation to approve the application, as set out in the report and the updated conditions previously circulated. The recommendation as moved by the Chair was seconded and Members voted in support of the application.”

“(iv) That planning permission be granted subject to the satisfactory completion of a legal agreement (or appropriate mechanism) which will include inter-alia the following heads of terms.”

“⋅ Highways Contribution (£4.5k); ⋅ The provision of local goods, services and labour; ⋅ A viability review clause so the council would benefit from any improvement in the viability of the scheme with any uplift to be provided towards affordable housing; and ⋅ A legal agreement monitoring fee of £10,000”