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Chalgrave Manor Golf Club, Dunstable Road, Toddington, Dunstable, LU5 6JN

CB/23/03409/SCNEIA - Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 December 2023

Council decision: Pre-application Advice ReleasedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion: Demolition of the existing club house and construction of a replacement; construction of a driving range building; construction of an adventure golf area; amendments to car parking; re contouring of outfield areas; new drainage and irrigation system and site infrastructure.

Received
19 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received19 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Chalgrave Manor Golf Club, Dunstable Road, Toddington, Dunstable, LU5 6JN. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 16 other applications at this address. We hold 1,284 applications in total for the LU5 postcode area.

90% of outline 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 6JN
Application type
EIA - Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Chalgrave, Toddington

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2023
Consultation expiry
1 December 2023
Consultation start
20 October 2023
Consultation end
1 December 2023
Target decision date
10 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    3 Jul

    Redevelopment of golf course, erection of golf house, driving range, car parking, pond and reservoir and…

    PendingFull ApplicationCB/24/01958/FULL
  2. 2013
    8 Apr

    Proposal to amend the approved landscaping plan pursuant to condition 9 of planning permission CB/11/03599/MW

    ApprovedMinerals & Waste SchemesCB/13/01423/MWS
  3. 2011
    7 Oct

    Proposal to vary condition 1 of planning Permission No. CB/11/00151/MW

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)CB/11/03599/MW
  4. 2011
    4 Aug

    Part retrospective application for the extension to Bund 1, two new Tees, remodelling of Bund 2 to…

    ApprovedMinerals & Waste ApplicationCB/11/02749/MW
  5. 2011
    21 Jan

    Retrospective application for a temporary haul road to aid reservoir works at Chalgrave Manor Golf Course

    ApprovedMinerals & Waste ApplicationCB/11/00182/MW
  6. 2010
    12 Nov

    Amendment to the approved landscaping plan pursuant to condition 10 of planning permission 4/2009

    ApprovedMinerals & Waste SchemesCB/10/04120/MWS

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