Hawthorn Park Lower School, Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5QN
Proposal
Demolish existing single storey alcove rooms with mono-pitched roof to main school building. Construct four new single storey toilet block infill extensions attached to main building with single storey flat roofs and masonry walls to match existing. Minor alterations to external walls to suit new layouts. Internal remodelling of classrooms to improve function of rooms
- Received
- 4 February 2022
- Decided
- 8 June 2022 · Regulation 3 - Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedSubmitted4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Feb
- Consult.Consultation2 May
- TargetTarget Date18 May
- DecidedDecided8 Jun
Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)
This is a planning application for an extension at Hawthorn Park Lower School, Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5QN. Central Bedfordshire has handled 299 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 51 days. This one was decided in 124 days, 10 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's median. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,255 applications in total for the LU5 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202227 Jun
Discharge of Condition 5 against planning permission CB/22/00460/REG3
Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/22/02605/DOC - 20224 Feb
Demolish existing single storey alcove rooms with mono-pitched roof to main school building. Construct four…
This applicationApprovedOtherCB/22/00460/REG3
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20224 Jul
Variation of condition number 3 of planning permission CB/13/02090/FULL
Variation of Condition - GrantedVariation of conditions (s73)CB/22/02676/VOC - 202110 Nov
Discharge of Condition 4 against planning permission CB/21/03153/FULL
Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/21/05018/DOC - 20216 Jul
Replacement of existing concrete tiled pitched roofs with new flame free bitumen felt roof covering. Also…
ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/21/03153/FULL
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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