What if an application is considered by committee?

Only a small number of applications are considered by the Development Control Committee.

Where applications are scheduled to be considered by the committee, an agenda is produced and published on our website before the meeting.

Applicants/agents and those who have made representations on the application are notified of the committee date and the recommendation and given information regarding our Right to Speak rules.

Your attendance at the committee meeting can be in person at Luton Town Hall or remotely. There will be one opportunity for all objectors and applicants to speak on this application who can register to speak regardless of the recommendation and objectors and applicants must restrict the length of their address to committee to not more than 5 minutes. If more than one objector has submitted a request to speak, they will be permitted to do so but must not exceed a total time of 5 minutes.

Please note: that councillors do not have to accept the officer’s recommendation, but where this happens, they must give reasons why they have overturned the recommendation.

Members of the public wishing to listen and watch the meeting may attend in person in the Council Chamber. Livestream is offered as a discretionary service and the user must accept that there may be unavoidable gaps in coverage due to unforeseen technical difficulties.

Where applications are scheduled to be considered by the committee, an agenda is produced and published on our website before the meeting.

Applicants/agents and those who have made representations on the application are notified of the committee date and the recommendation and given information regarding our Right to Speak rules.

The full details are available by emailing [email protected].