Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Notice upheld3 August 20263355784

197-199 Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 1DD

Planning appeal 3355784 at 197-199 Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 1DD (Luton Borough Council) was dismissed on 3 August 2026 by Inspector Preston C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late for the Council to take enforcement action having regard to the time limits in section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Authority
Luton Borough Council
Appeal type
Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Preston C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether, at the time the enforcement notice was issued, it was too late for the Council to take enforcement action having regard to the time limits in section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

What decided it

The appellant did not demonstrate that the unauthorised operational development was substantially completed before 25 April 2024, and evidence showed the structure was absent in June 2022, placing it within the enforcement period.

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

393 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Luton Borough Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. decided19 October 20266005795
    405B Dunstable Road, Luton, LU4 8DA
  2. Notice varied and upheld25 September 20263357206
    70 Portland Road, Luton, LU4 8AY
  3. Notice upheld3 September 20263370976
    7 Elmwood Crescent, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7HX
  4. Notice upheld3 August 20263372530
    207B Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 1DD
  5. Notice varied and upheld10 April 20263339641
    38 Ambleside, Luton, LU3 2SF

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.