Northill Lower School, Bedford Road, Northill, Biggleswade, SG18 9AH
Approved on 1 May 2025
Council decision: Regulation 3 - GrantedPlanning committee
Proposal
New build hall with servery and storage, to be placed over existing informal play space. Reorganisation and alteration to parts of the existing school building with associated landscaping works.
- Received
- 29 August 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived29 Aug
- ValidatedValidated30 Aug
- Consult.Consultation14 Apr
- TargetTarget Date25 Oct
- DecidedDecided1 May
Decided in 244 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Northill Lower School, Bedford Road, Northill, Biggleswade, SG18 9AH. Central Bedfordshire has handled 305 applications of this type. This one was decided in 245 days, 27 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the SG18 postcode area.
87% of all 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
- SG18 9AH
- Application type
- Regulation 3
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Northill
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 14 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 30 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 14 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 October 2024
- Decision issued
- 8 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 86-90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 78
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Northill 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.
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Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/25/02539/DOC - 202523 May
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202415 May
Erection of single temporary mobile classroom and associated facilities
WithdrawnRegulation 3CB/24/01418/REG3 - 201415 Aug
Installation of a canopy to partially enclose play area
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Extend the perimeter fence of MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) by 1m in height
ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/12/03455/FULL - 201112 Aug
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Variation of Condition - GrantedVariation of conditions (s73)CB/11/02984/VOC - 20093 Jul
Full: Erection of fitness trail on school playing field
ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/09/05330/FULL
Source: Central Bedfordshire
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