Sewage Treatment Works, Ampthill Road, Clophill

CB/23/01924/PADMP.Notif. Proposed DemolitionApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 6 July 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Notification - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Notification of proposed demolition: Demolition of old office, store and WC.

Received: 9 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived9 Jun
ValidatedValidated10 Jun
Consult.Consultation5 Jul
TargetTarget Date8 Jul
DecidedDecided6 Jul

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Sewage Treatment Works, Ampthill Road, Clophill. Central Bedfordshire has handled 305 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

87% of all 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: P.Notif. Proposed Demolition
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Clophill

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 June 2023
Consultation expiry: 5 July 2023
Consultation start: 10 June 2023
Consultation end: 5 July 2023
Target decision date: 8 July 2023
Decision issued: 7 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 13

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.

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© 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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