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3 Holyrood Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5FW

CB/18/02939/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 24 December 2018

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

First floor rear extension over existing ground floor

Received
30 July 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided24 Dec

Decided in 123 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 3 Holyrood Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5FW. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,284 applications in total for the LU5 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
LU5 5FW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Houghton Regis

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2018
Consultation expiry
2 November 2018
Consultation start
23 August 2018
Consultation end
2 November 2018
Target decision date
18 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Annex Temple House Lower End Ashendon HP18 0HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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 2: Medium 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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