Chelveston Renewable Energy Park The Airfield Chelveston Wellingborough Northamptonshire NN9 6AR

19/02742/LPALocal Authority Consultation RequestApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 February 2021

Council decision: Disposed ofDisposed Of

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

(This application is not being determined by Bedford Borough Council. Please contact the applicant for details or to make comments) 19/01781/FUL Hybrid application: Full planning permission - Redevelopment of Federal Estates land off Newton Road, Higham Ferrers to create 120 dwellings with associated infrastructure and highway works, battery storage area, landscaping, acoustic fencing and bunding: Phased development of land at the Chelveston Renewable Energy Park - Full planning permission for 10,000sqm of replacement employment space (six buildings in B2/B8 Use Class) and a 4,900sqm building for vertical farming (in a horticultural/agricultural use), associated infrastructure and highway works, and landscaping; Outline planning permission (all matters reserved except Access) - development of up to 18,000sqm of employment space (B1/B2/B8 Use Classes) with a maximum of 2,000sqm of B1 Use at Federal Estates Newton Road Higham Ferrers Northamptonshire. To view online go to www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk/planningapplications

Received: 12 December 2019
Decision level: Disposed Of
Public comments: 1
Council: Bedford Borough Council

ReceivedReceived12 Dec
ValidatedValidated12 Dec
Consult.Consultation14 Jan
TargetTarget Date2 Jan
DecidedDecided15 Feb

Decided in 431 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Chelveston Renewable Energy Park The Airfield Chelveston Wellingborough Northamptonshire NN9 6AR. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 431 days, 55 weeks longer than Bedford's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 753 applications in total for the NN9 postcode area.

69% of outline applications at Bedford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: NN9 6AR
Application type: Local Authority Consultation Request
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 120
Parish: Out Of Area Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 December 2019
Consultation expiry: 14 January 2020
Consultation start: 15 February 2021
Consultation end: 14 January 2020
Target decision date: 2 January 2020
Permission expires: 15 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Listed building: Grade II: Manor FarmhouseOn or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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