Land to the North of Leighton Road, Hockliffe
Refused on 30 May 2023
Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of Use from Agriculture to Dog Walking Field (Sui Generis)
- Received
- 22 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived22 Mar
- ValidatedValidated4 Apr
- Consult.Consultation16 May
- TargetTarget Date30 May
- DecidedDecided30 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land to the North of Leighton Road, Hockliffe. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Eggington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 16 May 2023
- Consultation start
- 4 April 2023
- Consultation end
- 16 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 30 May 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 118 Bromham Road Bedford MK40 2QN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Appeal
- Appeal date
- 18 January 2024
- Appeal result
- Allowed with Conditions
- Appeal decision date
- 6 June 2024
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 54
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Central Bedfordshire
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