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Yew Tree Cottage, The Green, Whipsnade, Dunstable, LU6 2LG

CB/23/02793/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 February 2024

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of previous dilapidated extension and the replacement of a single storey gabled porch and a flat-roofed linking extension.

Received
23 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Jan
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 167 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Yew Tree Cottage, The Green, Whipsnade, Dunstable, LU6 2LG. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 2,097 applications in total for the LU6 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
LU6 2LG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whipsnade

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2023
Consultation expiry
2 January 2024
Consultation start
24 August 2023
Consultation end
2 January 2024
Target decision date
19 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
First Floor 12 Church Square Leighton Buzzard Beds LU7 1AE

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.

  • Conservation area: Whipsnade Conservation Area
  • Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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, 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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