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Trinity Hall Farm, Watling Street, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PY

CB/24/00744/FULLFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Expansion of existing biogas plant including 2 no. digester tanks, 1 no. digestate storage tank, technical building, bund wall, 3 no. big mix feeding units, 2 no. slurry intake tanks, 4 no. pasteurisation tanks, oxygen injection unit, gas upgrader, grid entry unit, 3 no. propane tanks, flare, low voltage unit, and emergency runoff lagoon, as well as associated parking, landscaping, and the extension of the existing access track.

Received
15 March 2024
Decision due
27 June 2024
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Trinity Hall Farm, Watling Street, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PY. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 March 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,093 applications in total for the LU7 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
LU7 9PY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Chalgrave

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2024
Consultation expiry
15 October 2025
Consultation start
28 March 2024
Consultation end
15 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hilley Farm Pentre Shrewsbury SY4 1BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
126

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Sep

    Discharge of Conditions 4, 5, and 6 against planning permission ref: CB/24/00744/FULL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsCB/26/02979/DOC
  2. 2024
    15 Mar

    Expansion of existing biogas plant including 2 no. digester tanks, 1 no. digestate storage tank, technical…

    This applicationPendingFullCB/24/00744/FULL

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