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42 Market Square, Toddington, Dunstable, LU5 6BS

CB/24/02357/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 25 October 2024

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of first and second floor accommodation from commercial (Class E) to residential use (Class C3) to create 1 two bedroom flat.

Received
9 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received9 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided25 Oct

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 42 Market Square, Toddington, Dunstable, LU5 6BS. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 6BS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Toddington

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2024
Consultation expiry
16 October 2024
Consultation start
23 August 2024
Consultation end
16 October 2024
Target decision date
18 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suite 1 21 Bancroft Hitchin Herts SG5 1JW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Toddington Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Toddington Article 4 Direction
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    9 Aug

    Conversion of first and second floor accommodation from commercial (Class E) to residential use (Class C3) to…

    This applicationRefusedFullCB/24/02357/FULL
  2. 2024
    9 Aug

    Listed Building: Conversion of first and second floor accommodation from commercial (Class E) to residential…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongsideCB/24/02358/LB

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