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Land off Poppy Hill, Henlow, Bedfordshire SG16 6BZ

CB/23/03379/PAADP.Notif. Agricultural to DwellingApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 9 January 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval - Approved Change Of UseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior Approval of change of use from agricultural building to dwelling.

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target27 Dec
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Land off Poppy Hill, Henlow, Bedfordshire SG16 6BZ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 305 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks 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 71 applications in total for the SG16 postcode area.

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

Postcode
SG16 6BZ
Application type
P.Notif. Agricultural to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Henlow

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2023
Consultation expiry
26 December 2023
Consultation start
1 November 2023
Consultation end
26 December 2023
Target decision date
27 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ballingers Barn Cheltenham Road Hampnett Glos GL54 3NN

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.

© 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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