Land At And Adjacent To Chelveston Renewable Energy Innovation Park, Chelveston, NN9 6AR
Proposal
New access road for Chelveston Renewable Energy Park and Energy Innovation Park, including new roundabout and re-alignment of Higham Road and Caldecott Road, security building with short-term parking, along with other associated works and landscaping. Cross-Boundary application with North Northants Council, with part of the access in Bedford Borough Council area.
- Received
- 24 February 2025
- Decision due
- 25 June 2025
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Riseley
- ReceivedReceived24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation21 May
- TargetTarget Date25 Jun
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application at Land At And Adjacent To Chelveston Renewable Energy Innovation Park , Chelveston, NN9 6AR. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 February 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Riseley. We hold 753 applications in total for the NN9 postcode area.
68% 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
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Melchbourne And Yielden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 7 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 21 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 45 Welbeck Street London W1G 8DZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 105 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 March 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 April 2025
- Site notice start
- 31 March 2025
- Site notice end
- 5 May 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13797649
- Documents
- 85
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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Before the decision
You may need a heritage statement. Heritage & archaeology consultants near this site
A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 6.7 miKimboltonRTPI
- 11.0 miNorthamptonRTPI
- 12.7 miBedfordRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
Contractors near this project
Find contractors for landscaping & driveways near this site- Raunds Electrical LtdElectrician1.6 mi
- Blair Electrical ServicesElectrician1.6 mi
- Simon Acres Group LtdKitchen & Bathroom1.7 mi
- Abbey Electrical Contractors LtdElectrician1.8 mi
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