Land to the East of Langford Road, Biggleswade and North of Queens Way and Denny Crescent, Langford, Bedfordshire

CB/23/03801/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 February 2024

Council decision: Outline Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Outline Application: Erection of up to 170 dwellings including affordable housing, with public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage system (SuDS) and vehicular access. All matters reserved except for means of access.

Received: 24 November 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived24 Nov
ValidatedValidated28 Nov
Consult.Consultation23 Jan
TargetTarget Date27 Feb
DecidedDecided27 Feb

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land to the East of Langford Road, Biggleswade and North of Queens Way and Denny Crescent, Langford, Bedfordshire. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

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

Application type: Outline Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 170
Parish: Langford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 23 January 2024
Consultation start: 28 November 2023
Consultation end: 23 January 2024
Target decision date: 27 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Appeal

Appeal date: 23 April 2024
Appeal result: Allowed with Conditions
Appeal decision date: 11 November 2024

Appeal history

3341832

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 11 November 2024Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents: 350

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.

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