6 Bull Farm Close, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9TH
Approved on 16 July 2024
Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of 28 solar panels on the roof
- Received
- 17 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived17 May
- ValidatedValidated29 May
- Consult.Consultation15 Jul
- TargetTarget Date24 Jul
- DecidedDecided16 Jul
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 6 Bull Farm Close, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9TH. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9TH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hockliffe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 15 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 29 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 15 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 24 July 2024
- Decision issued
- 17 July 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
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
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© 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.
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Source: Central Bedfordshire
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