68 Higham Gobion Road, Barton-le-Clay, Bedford, MK45 4LT

CB/23/01425/FULLFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 3 July 2023

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change the use from a 3 bed dwelling (C3) to a 3 bed children's care home (C2 residential institution).

Received: 27 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived27 Apr
ValidatedValidated28 Apr
Consult.Consultation8 Jun
TargetTarget Date23 Jun
DecidedDecided3 Jul

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 68 Higham Gobion Road, Barton-le-Clay, Bedford, MK45 4LT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 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. We hold 1,682 applications in total for the MK45 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: MK45 4LT
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Barton-Le-Clay

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 April 2023
Consultation expiry: 8 June 2023
Consultation start: 28 April 2023
Consultation end: 8 June 2023
Target decision date: 23 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 10 Halfway Avenue Luton LU4 8RB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 21

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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