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Land at Double Arches Quarry, Watling Street, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LD

CB/25/01691/NMANon-material Change to PermissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 22 May 2025

Council decision: Non-Material Amendment - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/20/01505/FULL (Installation of a ground mounted solar array, frame mounted inverter units, transformer/switchgear enclosure, security fence, security cameras, underground cabling and associated infrastructure.) Amendment sought to solar panel layout

Received
21 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 0 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land at Double Arches Quarry, Watling Street, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9LD. Central Bedfordshire has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 8 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. We hold 1,093 applications in total for the LU7 postcode area.

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

Postcode
LU7 9LD
Application type
Non-material Change to Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heath & Reach

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2025
Consultation start
22 May 2025
Target decision date
19 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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