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Caldecote Church of England Academy, Manor Place, Upper Caldecote, Biggleswade, SG18 9DA

CB/23/03555/REG3Regulation 3Approved

Approved on 15 February 2024

Council decision: Regulation 3 - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

45sqm extension to the west of the site, small airlock unit, 2 infill areas, new build external storage. Carpark configuration works, with a proposed EV charging point. Movement of existing boundary treatment within the site boundary to accommodate a larger playing field and address safeguarding. Proposed hardstanding and pathways to new playing field and external store. 3 form entry lower school, changing to 2 form entry primary school. Reconfiguration of vehicular entry point to accommodate larger turning circle, and larger gate.

Received
3 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Caldecote Church of England Academy, Manor Place, Upper Caldecote, Biggleswade, SG18 9DA. Central Bedfordshire has handled 305 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the SG18 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
SG18 9DA
Application type
Regulation 3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northill

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2023
Consultation expiry
24 December 2023
Consultation start
6 November 2023
Consultation end
24 December 2023
Target decision date
1 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
55 Charlotte Street Birmingham B3 1PX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
41

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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    3 Nov

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