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Land North of Highfield House, Bedford Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JP

CB/21/00280/OUTOutline ApplicationPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Erection of 4 chalet style bungalows

Received
25 January 2021
Decided
20 July 2021 · Outline Application - Granted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated15 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target12 Apr
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 155 days (council typically 56)

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

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land North of Highfield House, Bedford Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JP. 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 176 days, 19 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,255 applications in total for the LU5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
CB/21/00280/OUT
Address
Land North of Highfield House, Bedford Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JP
Postcode
LU5 6JP
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Application Type
Outline Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Parish
Houghton Regis

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Ground Floor Unit 2 Warren Court Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5QB

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 January 2021
Consultation Expiry
21 June 2021
Target Decision Date
12 April 2021
Date Decided
20 July 2021
Date Validated
15 February 2021
Date Submitted
25 January 2021
Consultation Start
15 February 2021
Consultation End
21 June 2021

Planning Decision

Decision
Outline Application - Granted
Decided By
Officer Delegated
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
28
Coordinates
51.911057, -0.528129
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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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.

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