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Dismissed21 August 20253367404

5a Mountfield Road, Luton, LU2 7JN

Planning appeal 3367404 at 5a Mountfield Road, Luton, LU2 7JN (Luton Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 August 2025 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the local area.

Conversion and change of use from a six person HMO (Class C4) to a nine person HMO (Sui-Generis) and erection of a single storey rear extension to garage to enable conversion and change of use of garage to a one bed flat and alterations to fenestration

Authority
Luton Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Phillips A
Postcode
LU2 7JN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on the character and appearance of the local area
  • The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of 5 Mountfield Road with particular reference to potential for noise and disturbance

What decided it

The proposal would cause detrimental disturbance to the living conditions of the neighbouring property at 5 Mountfield Road through increased traffic movements and noise, which cannot be adequately mitigated by condition.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LLP1LLP17LLP25
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57

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