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Land adjacent to Lower Wood Farm, Sundon Road, Harlington

CB/24/01838/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Outline Application: Construction of up to 8 residential dwellings with associated access, parking and amenity/open space. All matters reserved apart from access

Received
21 June 2024
Decided
15 August 2024 · Outline Application - Refused
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Central Bedfordshire90% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application at Land adjacent to Lower Wood Farm, Sundon Road, Harlington. Central Bedfordshire has handled 983 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 42 days. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Central Bedfordshire's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

Application Details

Reference
CB/24/01838/OUT
Address
Land adjacent to Lower Wood Farm, Sundon Road, Harlington
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Application Type
Outline Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided
Parish
Harlington

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
First Floor 12 Church Square Leighton Buzzard Beds LU7 1AE

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
21 June 2024
Consultation Expiry
12 August 2024
Target Decision Date
20 August 2024
Date Decided
15 August 2024
Date Validated
25 June 2024
Date Submitted
21 June 2024
Consultation Start
25 June 2024
Consultation End
12 August 2024

Planning Decision

Decision
Outline Application - Refused
Decided By
Officer Delegated
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
28
Coordinates
51.964610, -0.491569
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Appeal History

3355615
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 July 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Harlington Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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