1 High Street, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5BE
Proposal
Prior Notification of Change of Use from offices (Class B1(a)) to 2 No. houses.
- Received
- 7 June 2018
- Decided
- 27 July 2018 · Application Withdrawn
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Jun
- ValidatedValidated7 Jun
- Consult.Consultation29 Jun
- TargetTarget Date2 Aug
- DecidedDecided27 Jul
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for a change of use at 1 High Street, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5BE. 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 50 days, 8 days longer than Central Bedfordshire's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,255 applications in total for the LU5 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
Source: Central Bedfordshire
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202020 Apr
Resubmission of prior approval reference CB/20/00597/PADO
ApprovedP.Notif. Offices to DwellingCB/20/01338/PADO - 202017 Feb
Prior Approval of Offices to Dwellings: Notification for Prior Approval for proposed change of use from Class…
WithdrawnP.Notif. Offices to DwellingCB/20/00597/PADO - 201729 Aug
Prior Notification of Change of Use from offices to two dwellings
ApprovedP.Notif. Offices to DwellingCB/17/04649/PADO
Planning 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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