Erin House, 171 Dunstable Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4AN

CB/16/01453/FULLFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Proposal

Proposed part demolition and lowering of roof of existing annexe to create double garage

Received: 1 April 2016
Decided: 9 September 2016 · Full Application - Refused
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

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

ReceivedSubmitted1 Apr
ValidatedValidated13 Apr
Consult.Consultation27 Jun
TargetTarget Date8 Jun
DecidedDecided9 Sep

Decided in 149 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Central Bedfordshire82% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for demolition at Erin House, 171 Dunstable Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4AN. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,604 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 60 days. This one was decided in 161 days, 14 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 17 other applications at this address. We hold 1,809 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

CB/16/01453/FULL

Address

Erin House, 171 Dunstable Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4AN

Postcode

LU1 4AN

Local Authority

Central Bedfordshire

Application Type

Full Application

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Rejected

Current Status

Appeal Decided

Parish

Caddington

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

The Old Coach House, 3 Villa Gardens High Street Flitwick Bedford MK45 1DS

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

1 April 2016

Consultation Expiry

27 June 2016

Target Decision Date

8 June 2016

Date Decided

9 September 2016

Date Validated

13 April 2016

Date Submitted

1 April 2016

Consultation Start

13 April 2016

Consultation End

27 June 2016

Planning Decision

Decision

Full Application - Refused

Decided By

Officer Delegated

Statutory Period

56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Appeal Date

28 November 2016

Appeal Result

Planning Appeal Dismissed

Appeal Decision Date

1 February 2017

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.862957, -0.466485

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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Planning history at this site

17 other applications at this property, newest first.

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.

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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