Bridge Farm, Ivel Road, Shefford, SG17 5LB
Refused on 16 October 2014
Council decision: Outline Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Outline: Proposed mixed-use development on 1.83ha of agricultural land to provide: - up to 49 dwellings, including 17 on-site affordable housing units, together with ancillary car parking, open space and landscaping on 1.34ha; and - a care home on 0.49ha.
- Received
- 4 June 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated19 Jun
- Consult.Consultation26 May
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided16 Oct
Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Bridge Farm, Ivel Road, Shefford, SG17 5LB. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 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
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 49
- Parish
- Shefford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 June 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 26 May 2015
- Consultation start
- 19 June 2014
- Consultation end
- 26 May 2015
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 16 St Cuthbert Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3JG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Appeal
- Appeal date
- 6 March 2015
- Appeal result
- Withdrawn Appeal
- Appeal decision date
- 26 November 2015
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20173 Apr
Advertisement: To be fixed to the current hoarding to the north west perimiter of the site
ApprovedAdvertisement consentCB/17/01937/ADV - 20161 Apr
Non Material Amendment to application: CB/14/04324/OUT
ApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/16/01384/NMA - 20154 Aug
Reserved Matters following outline application CB/14/04324/OUT
ApprovedReserved mattersCB/15/02929/RM - 201515 Jul
Development to construct 49 no. dwellings, together with ancillary car parking, landscaping, and associated…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/15/02657/FULL - 20144 Nov
Outline Application: Development of a care home (Class C2) with associated works and site access
ApprovedOutline ApplicationCB/14/04324/OUT - 201426 Aug
Non Material Amendment to planning permission CB/12/01125/FULL
ApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/14/03398/NMA - 201411 Aug
Proposed development to construct 49 no. dwellings, including 17 no. on-site affordable housing units…
RefusedFull ApplicationCB/14/03159/FULL - 201223 Mar
Outline Application: Commercial development for B1 office floor space up to 3, 247 sq. metres after…
ApprovedOutline ApplicationCB/12/01123/OUT
Source: Central Bedfordshire
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