New housing in Luton Borough Council
We read Luton Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 20,598 of its planning applications going back to 1996, and 94 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 54% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 54% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 20,598
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 87 | 31 | 33 |
| 2025 | 94 | 47 | 38 |
| 2024 | 115 | 56 | 51 |
| 2023 | 97 | 47 | 38 |
| 2022 | 100 | 46 | 40 |
| 2021 | 114 | 55 | 48 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | 13-31 Dunstable Road & Trend House, Dallow Road Luton LU1 1BG Request for screening pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) Regulations 2017 (as amended) - the development of up to 300 residential apartments in blocks… 24/00026/EIASCR | Approved | 3 Jan 2024 |
| 250 | Car Park Adjacent 1 To 11 Cumberland Street Luton Request for Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 6 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) - The Proposed Development will provide up to 250 residential units… 26/00878/EIASCR | Approved | 17 Aug 2026 |
| 186 | Former Travis Perkins Site Dallow Road Luton LU1 1SR Construction of 186 residential units with 126 car parking spaces and 276 secure cycle spaces including a new road connection at Dallow. Minor material amendment of planning permission 18/01833/FUL dated 14th July 2020.… 24/00786/MMAMD | Approved | 28 Jun 2024 |
| 129 | 39 - 49 Manor Road Luton LU1 3HN Outline planning application for the demolition of an existing building and erection of a new 1, 5, 6 and 7 storey building of 129 residential flats/maisonettes (Use Class C3) and associated undercroft car parking.… 25/00483/OUT | Decided | 2 May 2025 |
| 119 | Barnfield College Bramingham Business Park Enterprise Way Luton Following Outline approval of application 22/00241/OUT [for the erection of up to 119 residential dwellings following the demolition of the existing college campus with all matters reserved except for access] on 03 May… 25/00897/REM | Approved | 3 Sept 2025 |
| 119 | Barnfield College Bramingham Business Park Enterprise Way Luton LU3 4BU Outline application for the erection of up to 119 residential dwellings following the demolition of the existing college campus with all matters reserved except for access. Minor material amendment of 22/00241/OUT dated… 24/00460/SECMOD | Approved | 11 Apr 2024 |
| 63 | Co Operative Sports Ground Stockingstone Road Luton LU2 7NF Erection of 63 residential dwellings, including affordable housing, with associated access, parking and landscaping, alongside the retention of the existing indoor and outdoor bowls facilities after demolition of sports… 26/00326/FUL | Decided | 1 Apr 2026 |
| 36 | Cresta House 8 Alma Street Luton LU1 2PL Conversion and change of use from community infrastructure (Class D1) to 36 flats (16 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom) (Class C3) across the second, part of the fourth, fifth and part of the sixth floor, as varied by the… 24/00597/SECMOD | Approved | 10 May 2024 |
| 24 | Land Between 37 And 53 John Street Luton LU1 2JE Erection of five storey building to provide 24 flats (3x1 bed, 17x2 beds, 4x4 bedrooms) with associated access, bin stores, cycle stores, amenity space and landscaping 25/00365/FUL | Decided | 1 Apr 2025 |
| 23 | 32 - 42 Duke Street Luton LU2 0HH Erection of a six storey building to create 23 flats (8no. 1 beds, 13no. 2 beds, 2no. 3 beds) with associated landscaping following the demolition of the existing commercial building. 25/01049/FUL | Decided | 25 Sept 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Luton Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.