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Etonbury Farm, Stotfold Road, Arlesey, SG15 6XB

CB/24/01896/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 5 November 2024

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from residential (C3) to hotel/guesthouse (C1) with ancillary meeting space

Received
28 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Etonbury Farm, Stotfold Road, Arlesey, SG15 6XB. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 11 weeks longer 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 35 applications in total for the SG15 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
SG15 6XB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Arlesey

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2024
Consultation expiry
23 September 2024
Consultation start
18 July 2024
Consultation end
23 September 2024
Target decision date
17 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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© 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.

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Source: Central Bedfordshire

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