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Land to the rear of Oak Ridge, Wakes End, Eversholt, Milton Keynes, MK17 9FB

CB/23/00358/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2023

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of a ground mounted solar array, consisting of 100 solar pv modules for private use. Change of use of area of paddock land for the stationing of solar panels.

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated13 Jun
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target8 Aug
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land to the rear of Oak Ridge, Wakes End, Eversholt, Milton Keynes, MK17 9FB. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 232 days, 25 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9FB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Eversholt

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 June 2023
Consultation expiry
19 September 2023
Consultation start
13 June 2023
Consultation end
19 September 2023
Target decision date
8 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 The Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans Herts AL3 6PQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
  • 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, Article 4 directions, 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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