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Bridge Farm, Ivel Road, Shefford, SG17 5LB

CB/14/03159/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 November 2014

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed development to construct 49 no. dwellings, including 17 no. on-site affordable housing units, together with ancillary car parking, open space and landscaping, and associated highway, access and infrastructure works.

Received
11 August 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bridge Farm, Ivel Road, Shefford, SG17 5LB. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 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.

82% of full 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
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
49
Parish
Shefford

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2014
Consultation expiry
21 October 2014
Consultation start
19 August 2014
Consultation end
21 October 2014
Target decision date
18 November 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 St. Cuthbert's Street Bedford Bedfordshire MK40 3JG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Appeal

Appeal date
21 April 2015
Appeal result
Withdrawn Appeal
Appeal decision date
26 November 2015

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    15 Jul

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

    ApprovedFull ApplicationRelatedCB/15/02657/FULL
  2. 2014
    11 Aug

    Proposed development to construct 49 no. dwellings, including 17 no. on-site affordable housing units…

    This applicationRefusedFullCB/14/03159/FULL

Planning history at this site

7 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. 2014
    4 Nov

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

    ApprovedOutline ApplicationCB/14/04324/OUT
  5. 2014
    26 Aug

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

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/14/03398/NMA
  6. 2014
    4 Jun

    Outline: Proposed mixed-use development on 1.83ha of agricultural land to provide: - up to 49 dwellings…

    RefusedOutline ApplicationCB/14/02182/OUT

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