Wyevale Garden Centres Plc, Dunstable Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4AN
Proposal
Erection of new garden centre and office accommodation.
- Received
- 13 May 2010
- Decided
- 8 September 2011 · Outline Application - Granted
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedSubmitted13 May
- ValidatedValidated28 May
- Consult.Consultation1 Jul
- TargetTarget Date27 Aug
- DecidedDecided8 Sep
Decided in 468 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application at Wyevale Garden Centres Plc, Dunstable Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4AN. Central Bedfordshire has handled 983 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 42 days. This one was decided in 483 days, 63 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,809 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.
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Additional Information
Source: Central Bedfordshire
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Associated applications
- 201323 Dec
Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Use of land for Plant Hire and Sales in connection with associated…
RefusedLawful Development Cert - ProposedRelatedCB/13/04468/LDCP - 20127 Aug
Reserved Matters: Access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for redevelopment the site and erection…
ApprovedReserved mattersRelatedCB/12/02936/RM - 201220 Jun
Reserved Matters: Appearance and Scale - Erection of new garden centre (CB/10/01265/OUT
ApprovedReserved mattersRelatedCB/12/02255/RM - 201013 May
Erection of new garden centre and office accommodation.
This applicationApprovedOutlineCB/10/01265/OUT
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201324 Apr
Non Material Amendment: to the elevational treatment 12/2936/RM
ApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/13/01444/NMA - 201223 Apr
Erection of new garden centre and office accommodation.(Outline application 10/1265
RefusedReserved mattersCB/12/01478/RM - 201122 Sep
Change of use: to Temporary use of open area from plant display to area of open storage for (approx 0.48H) of…
RefusedFull ApplicationCB/11/03429/FULL - 20087 Nov
Demolition of existing fire damaged buildings and erection of new garden centre facility, with car parking…
ApprovedOutline ApplicationSB/08/01087
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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