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Blue Orchid Restaurant, The Square, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, MK17 8DF

CB/23/03868/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 30 April 2024

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing restaurant outbuildings and erection of two new outbuildings in the outdoor dining area.

Received
1 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Blue Orchid Restaurant, The Square, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, MK17 8DF. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,678 applications in total for the MK17 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
MK17 8DF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aspley Guise

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2024
Consultation expiry
1 May 2024
Consultation start
24 January 2024
Consultation end
1 May 2024
Target decision date
20 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Tecton Centre Church Street Fenny Stratford Milton Keynes MK2 2NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
20

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: Aspley Guise Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2, the SquareOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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