Land and Buildings at Elstow Storage Depot, Ampthill Road, Houghton Conquest
Approved on 10 February 2025
Council decision: Non-Material Amendment - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/24/02913/RM (Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/11/02182/VOC (Built development consisting of building and engineering works for a mixed use development of residential, employment, retail, healthcare provision, leisure and community uses, open space and associated uses together with supporting infrastructure (roads, paths, cycleways, pumping stations, electricity substations), public transport, interchange and car parking (all matters reserved except access), following variation of condition 20(i) restricting the floorspace of the foodstore.) Reserved Matters for Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for 168 dwellings including car parking and public open space) amendment sought to changes of the location plan
- Received
- 24 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived24 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date24 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Land and Buildings at Elstow Storage Depot, Ampthill Road,Houghton Conquest. Central Bedfordshire has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
86% of amendment 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
- Non-material Change to Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 168
- Parish
- Houghton Conquest
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 January 2025
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 February 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 6 The Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans AL3 6PQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
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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