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Bury Spinney, Thorn Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JQ

CB/19/04220/OUTOutline ApplicationPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Outline Application for Residential Development for up to 100 Dwellings with all matters reserved, except access

Received
16 December 2019
Decided
2 November 2020 · Outline Application - Granted
Decision level
Planning committee
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 321 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Central Bedfordshire90% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application at Bury Spinney, Thorn Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JQ. 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 322 days, 40 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 1,255 applications in total for the LU5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
CB/19/04220/OUT
Address
Bury Spinney, Thorn Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JQ
Postcode
LU5 6JQ
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Application Type
Outline Application
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
100
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Parish
Houghton Regis

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
21 Britten Road Penarth CF64 3QJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
16 December 2019
Consultation Expiry
2 March 2020
Target Decision Date
17 March 2020
Date Decided
2 November 2020
Date Validated
17 December 2019
Date Submitted
16 December 2019
Consultation Start
17 December 2019
Consultation End
2 March 2020
Decision Issued
5 November 2020

Planning Decision

Decision
Outline Application - Granted
Decided By
Development Management Committee
Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
84
Coordinates
51.912865, -0.538193
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    19 Aug

    Discharge of Conditions 5, 6,12 and 21 against planning permission CB/22/04525/VOC

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/25/02660/DOC
  2. 2025
    10 Jun

    Modification of Section 106 Agreement attached to planning permission: CB/19/04220/OUT

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCB/25/02000/SECM
  3. 2025
    11 Feb

    Discharge of Conditions 19 and 20 against planning permission ref. CB/22/04525/VOC

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/25/00456/DOC
  4. 2024
    25 Nov

    Discharge of Conditions 7, 9, 14, 15 and 17 against planning permission ref. CB/22/04525/VOC

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/24/03398/DOC
  5. 2024
    11 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 18 ( Parts 1 & 3 ) against planning permission ref. CB/22/04525/VOC

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/24/02658/DOC
  6. 2024
    8 May

    Discharge of Condition 18 against planning permission ref. CB/22/04525/VOC

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/24/01350/DOC
  7. 2023
    18 Jan

    Discharge of Condition 16 against CB/19/04220/OUT

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/23/00191/DOC
  8. 2022
    22 Nov

    Variation of condition numbers 10,13 and 21 of planning permission CB/19/04220/OUT

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)CB/22/04525/VOC
  9. 2022
    22 Nov

    Reserved Matters: Erection of 77 dwellings, providing full details of reserved matters including appearance…

    RefusedReserved mattersRelatedCB/22/04567/RM
  10. 2022
    17 May

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/19/04220/OUT

    RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendmentCB/22/02012/NMA
  11. 2019
    16 Dec

    Outline Application for Residential Development for up to 100 Dwellings with all matters reserved, except…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineCB/19/04220/OUT

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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