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Lords Hill Cottage, Featherbed Lane, Chalgrave, Dunstable, LU5 6JL

CB/18/03566/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 2 November 2018

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed detached part two storey outbuilding to replace existing structures

Received
19 September 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Lords Hill Cottage, Featherbed Lane, Chalgrave, Dunstable, LU5 6JL. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 6JL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chalgrave

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2018
Consultation expiry
29 October 2018
Consultation start
19 September 2018
Consultation end
29 October 2018
Target decision date
14 November 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Firs 81 Station Road Lower Stondon SG16 6JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Central Bedfordshire

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