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Bridge Farm, Ivel Road, Shefford, SG17 5LB

CB/12/01123/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 November 2012

Council decision: Outline Application - GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Outline Application: Commercial development for B1 office floor space up to 3, 247 sq. metres after demolition of existing buildings at the site with all matters reserved.

Received
23 March 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated20 Apr
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 223 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Bridge Farm, Ivel Road, Shefford, SG17 5LB. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 251 days, 28 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 711 applications in total for the SG17 postcode area.

90% of outline applications at Central Bedfordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG17 5LB
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Shefford

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 April 2012
Consultation expiry
20 June 2012
Consultation start
20 April 2012
Consultation end
20 June 2012
Target decision date
20 July 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    3 Apr

    Advertisement: To be fixed to the current hoarding to the north west perimiter of the site

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentCB/17/01937/ADV
  2. 2016
    1 Apr

    Non Material Amendment to application: CB/14/04324/OUT

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/16/01384/NMA
  3. 2015
    4 Aug

    Reserved Matters following outline application CB/14/04324/OUT

    ApprovedReserved mattersCB/15/02929/RM
  4. 2015
    15 Jul

    Development to construct 49 no. dwellings, together with ancillary car parking, landscaping, and associated…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/15/02657/FULL
  5. 2014
    4 Nov

    Outline Application: Development of a care home (Class C2) with associated works and site access

    ApprovedOutline ApplicationCB/14/04324/OUT
  6. 2014
    26 Aug

    Non Material Amendment to planning permission CB/12/01125/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/14/03398/NMA

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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