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40 Linden Road, Dunstable, LU5 4NZ

CB/24/01848/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 15 August 2024

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) to two dwellinghouses (Use Class C3), involving the sub-division of the building to create 1no. two-storey dwelling and 1no. ground floor apartment, together with alterations to windows and doors.

Received
24 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 40 Linden Road, Dunstable, LU5 4NZ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,284 applications in total for the LU5 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
LU5 4NZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunstable

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2024
Consultation expiry
8 August 2024
Consultation start
1 July 2024
Consultation end
8 August 2024
Target decision date
26 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Cygnus Drive Leighton Buzzard LU7 3XH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

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.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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