# 110 Sundon Park Road, Luton (verge crossover and front parking)

- **Decision:** dismissed, 9 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: C J Leigh
- **Authority:** Luton (East of England)
- **Appeal reference:** 6009643
- **Application reference:** 26/00210/FUL
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Change of use of grass verge to permeable hardstanding and vehicle crossover for one off-street space
- **Site context:** inside-settlement
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** No Framework version cited
- **Determinative policies:** s38(6)
- **Development plan policies:** Luton Local Plan 2011-2031 LLP1, LLP25, LLP31, LLP32, Appendix 2 parking standards
- **Main issues:** character and appearance, pedestrian safety
- **Tags:** tier-2, householder, highway-safety, framework-not-cited

## Summary
A crossover and front parking space across a grass verge in Luton was dismissed on pedestrian safety. The forecourt was too shallow to park without blocking the front door, so cars would overhang a busy footway (DL ¶10-11). There was no character harm, and a 2021 permission for the same scheme did not bind the inspector (DL ¶12).

## What made the difference
Where the front door sits relative to the space made a full-length park impractical (DL ¶10).

## Policy findings
- **TR6: fail.** 5.07 m forecourt with the front door behind the space means cars would overhang a well-used footway (DL 8-13); decided on LLP32

## Key facts
- The council had approved the same scheme in 2021 without highway objection; the inspector preferred the current objection (DL 6, 12)
- Framework not cited

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6009643
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/45147235-fdc0-4bf5-aac6-66f19c54dd7a

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