Newlands Road, Luton, Bedfordshire

The appeal scheme as comprising 163 two bedroom flats/maisonettes, 50 three bedroom flats/maisonettes, 4 one bedroom flats/maisonettes and 13 four bedroom dwelling houses (230 units in total).  Although this is an outline application with all matters, other than access and layout, reserved for future consideration, it was agreed, at the start of the Inquiry, that permission was being sought for this quantum of development, with the Council confirming that it had dealt with the application on that basis.  I shall do the same.  Moreover, although maximum building heights could be controlled by condition, were the appeal to succeed (as the application is in outline) it was confirmed for the appellant that, in order to provide the accommodation proposed within the layout shown, the buildings would need to be in general accordance with the scales and heights shown on the submitted plans.