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Units 3, 5 and 7 Ivel Road, Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5JU

CB/19/04226/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 22 July 2020

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of 2 no. existing industrial units and construction of 9.no dwellings with 26 parking bays. Retention and alterations to existing unit 7.

Received
17 December 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 195 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Units 3, 5 and 7 Ivel Road, Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5JU. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 weeks longer 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 711 applications in total for the SG17 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
SG17 5JU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Shefford

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2020
Consultation expiry
15 July 2020
Consultation start
9 January 2020
Consultation end
15 July 2020
Target decision date
5 March 2020
Decision issued
24 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
First Floor 18 Limberline Spur Hilsea Portsmouth PO3 5HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
21 October 2020
Appeal result
Allowed with Conditions
Appeal decision date
10 February 2021

Appeal history

3260426
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 February 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
110

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 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.

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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