The Limes, 42 Leighton Road, Toddington, Dunstable, LU5 6AL

CB/23/02324/FULLFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 6 September 2023

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey front extension, alterations to bay window at ground & first floor levels being squared corners in lieu of angled returns.

Received: 12 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived12 Jul
ValidatedValidated13 Jul
Consult.Consultation18 Aug
TargetTarget Date7 Sep
DecidedDecided6 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a front extension at The Limes, 42 Leighton Road, Toddington, Dunstable, LU5 6AL. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,284 applications in total for the LU5 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: LU5 6AL
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Toddington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 18 August 2023
Consultation start: 13 July 2023
Consultation end: 18 August 2023
Target decision date: 7 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Firs 81 Station Road Lower Stondon Beds SG16 6JN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

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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