Whittle Building, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL
Approved on 4 December 2024
Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Demolition of existing two storey extension and erection of replacement two storey extension (Use Class F1 Non-residential institution) and associated infrastructure and landscaping.
- Received
- 21 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived21 Aug
- ValidatedValidated19 Sep
- Consult.Consultation3 Dec
- TargetTarget Date19 Dec
- DecidedDecided4 Dec
Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Whittle Building, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 425 applications in total for the MK43 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
- MK43 0AL
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Cranfield
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 19 September 2024
- Consultation end
- 3 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 19 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 41-43 Maddox Street London W1S 2PD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 63
Site constraints
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.
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Associated applications
- 202611 Aug
Discharge of Condition 9 against Planning Permission ref. CB/24/02459/FULL
Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/26/02331/DOC - 202610 Aug
Discharge of Condition 5 against planning application ref. CB/24/02459/FULL
Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/26/02463/DOC - 202421 Aug
Demolition of existing two storey extension and erection of replacement two storey extension (Use Class F1…
This applicationApprovedFullCB/24/02459/FULL
Source: Central Bedfordshire
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