LU2 0HD Luton

Streets

• Welbeck Road, Luton: 5 addresses
• High Town Road, Luton: 4 addresses
• Brunswick Street, Luton: 2 addresses

Council tax

What each band costs in Luton in 2026-27: Band D £2,440 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (63% of about 840 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: yes, High Town Road Conservation Area 2 (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 5.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Luton Town Centre and Surrounds (2023).
• Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW, grade II
• GATES, DWARF WALL AND RAILINGS TO HIGH TOWN METHODIST CHURCH, grade II
• HIGH TOWN METHODIST CHURCH, grade II
• HIGH TOWN METHODIST CHURCH HALL, grade II
• THE PAINTERS ARMS, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• West half of Brunswick St Car Park, Luton LU2 0HF: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (40 m)
• High Town plot 6C, permissioned (50 m)
• Taylor Street Car Park, Luton LU2 0EY: up to 32 homes, permissioned (60 m)
• Land and buildings at and behind 98-100 Wenlock Street, Luton LU2 0NN: up to 7 homes, permissioned (60 m)
• Car Park Adjacent to 52 Duke Street, permissioned (70 m)
• 40 Wenlock Street, Luton LU2 0NN and surrounds: up to 23 homes, not permissioned (120 m)
• 25-27 Brunswick Street, Luton LU2 0HF: up to 136 homes, permissioned (140 m)
• 4-11 Burr Street, LU2 0HN: up to 272 homes, permissioned (150 m)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.