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Church Farm, Church Street, Dunton, Biggleswade, SG18 8RR

CB/23/04118/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 June 2024

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of a ground mounted solar PV system.

Received
28 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received28 Dec
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.29 May
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Church Farm, Church Street, Dunton, Biggleswade, SG18 8RR. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 17 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the SG18 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
SG18 8RR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunton

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2024
Consultation expiry
29 May 2024
Consultation start
12 January 2024
Consultation end
29 May 2024
Target decision date
8 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2c Riverside Business Centre Dock Lane Melton Woodbridge IP12 1RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 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.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    9 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 4 against planning permission ref. CB/23/04118/FULL

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/24/02009/DOC
  2. 2023
    28 Dec

    Installation of a ground mounted solar PV system.

    This applicationApprovedFullCB/23/04118/FULL

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