Woburn Abbey, Woburn Park, Woburn, Milton Keynes, MK17 9WA

CB/21/04334/LBListed BuildingApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 28 January 2022

Council decision: Listed Building - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Listed Building: Re-roofing and lead renewal, external alterations to the Abbey including replace the rooflights and relocate, dismantle and reinstate all chimney pots, lead and cast-iron rainwater goods retained and redecorated, restore dormer windows, alterations to roof lights, replacement timber-framed hinged access hatches covered with terne-coated stainless steel with insect screens, replacement of existing lead weatherings, replace existing system with Early Streamer Emission lighting protection system, alter means of maintenance access to roofs from exterior to interior via roof voids with internal loft ladders, install smoke detectors and lighting and power and emergency signage and break glass points

Received: 27 September 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived27 Sep
ValidatedValidated8 Oct
Consult.Consultation12 Nov
TargetTarget Date3 Dec
DecidedDecided28 Jan

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a dormer extension at Woburn Abbey, Woburn Park, Woburn, Milton Keynes, MK17 9WA. Central Bedfordshire has handled 583 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 10 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.

90% of heritage 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: Listed Building
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Woburn

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 October 2021
Consultation expiry: 12 November 2021
Consultation start: 8 October 2021
Consultation end: 12 November 2021
Target decision date: 3 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 19-23 White Lion Street London N1 9PD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 42

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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Associated applications

2022
1 Aug
Discharge of Condition 2 against planning permission CB/21/04334/LB
Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/22/03120/DOC
2022
6 Jul
Variation of condition: number 5 of planning permission CB/21/04334/LB
Variation of Condition - GrantedVariation of conditions (s73)CB/22/02741/VOC
2021
27 Sep
Re-roofing and lead renewal, external alterations to the Abbey including replace the rooflights and relocate…
ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideCB/21/04333/FULL
2021
27 Sep
Listed Building: Re-roofing and lead renewal, external alterations to the Abbey including replace the…
This applicationApprovedListed building consentCB/21/04334/LB

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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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