Woburn Abbey, Woburn Park, Woburn, Milton Keynes, MK17 9WA
Approved on 9 September 2021
Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Revised interim proposals for the visitor arrival area and entrance building at Woburn Abbey Park and Gardens, including the removal of the kiosk, gift shop, shelter, mason shop and open barn and rebuild of the historic stables building for use as a visitor entrance with toilet facilities. An interim development in relation to consented applications CB/18/00731/FULL and CB/18/00732/LB.
- Received
- 24 December 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date14 May
- DecidedDecided9 Sep
Decided in 209 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Woburn Abbey, Woburn Park, Woburn, Milton Keynes, MK17 9WA. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 259 days, 29 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 39 other applications at this address. We hold 1,678 applications in total for the MK17 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
- MK17 9WA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Woburn
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 16 July 2021
- Consultation start
- 12 February 2021
- Consultation end
- 16 July 2021
- Target decision date
- 14 May 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 77 Heyford Park Upper Heyford OX25 5HD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 45
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction relating to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HIMO) - Immediate direction+1 more
- 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, 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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
20 other applications at this property, newest first.
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Variation of condition number 2 of planning permission CB/24/00138/LB
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Variation of condition number 7 of planning permission CB/22/02769/VOC
Variation of Condition - GrantedVariation of conditions (s73)CB/26/00061/VOC - 20269 Jan
Variation of condition number 5 of planning permission CB/22/02741/VOC
Variation of Condition - GrantedVariation of conditions (s73)CB/26/00056/VOC - 202523 Apr
Variation of condition number 3 of planning permission CB/24/00856/VOC
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Variation of condition number 4 of planning permission CB/23/00035/LB
Variation of Condition - GrantedVariation of conditions (s73)CB/24/00856/VOC - 202418 Jan
Repairs and alterations of the ground floor of the West Range, South Range, Kitchen Wing and the vaults…
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Discharge of Condition 2 against planning permission CB/21/04333/FULL
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Discharge of Condition 2 against planning permission CB/21/04334/LB
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Variation of condition number 7 of planning permission CB/21/04333/FULL
Variation of Condition - GrantedVariation of conditions (s73)CB/22/02769/VOC - 20226 Jul
Variation of condition: number 5 of planning permission CB/21/04334/LB
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ApprovedListed building consentCB/21/04334/LB - 202127 Sep
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