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Land within the former Fullers Earth Quarry, Ampthill Road, Clophill

CB/24/03092/DOCDischarge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 January 2026

Council decision: Discharge of Condition Decision Released

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

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 15 against planning permission ref. CB/24/01841/VOC (Variation of condition number 20 of planning permission CB/22/00842/FULL (Full application for Planning Permission for the construction of a visitors centre with staff office; workshop and storage area; food service area; toilets and covered eating area and for a play area with covered area.) Condition 20 amended with plan numbers 3134-300 rev A and 3143-301 rev A, for changes to the visitor centre )

Received
28 October 2024
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 437 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land within the former Fullers Earth Quarry, Ampthill Road, Clophill. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,097 applications of this type. This one was decided in 438 days, 55 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

97% of conditions 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

Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Clophill

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2024
Consultation expiry
27 October 2025
Consultation start
29 October 2024
Consultation end
27 October 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suite 7, Davey House 31 St Neots Road Eaton Ford St Neots PE19 7BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
28

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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