As we prepare to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee later this week we take a look at Her Majesty’s visits to the Luton and Dunstable area over the years. with a few street parties from her coronation in 1953 thrown in for good measure too!
Updated
Wednesday, 12th May 2021, 11:54 am
Proposals to relocate the Hayward Tyler engineering works in Luton and build 1,000 new homes and almost 8,000 square metres of commercial space have taken a step forward after the land was put up for sale.
The 6.9 acre brownfield site in Kimpton Road, which lies between the Midland Mainline railway and the Luton and Dunstable Busway, has planning permission for a mixed use development.
Luton Borough Council’s Development Control Committee recommended planning permission be granted to demolish the existing buildings and build 1,000 new homes along with the provision of 7,800 sq metres of commercial space in July last year, subject to conditions.