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Tipple Hill Farm, Manor Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4DW

CB/25/02404/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)19 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from HMO (Sui Generis) to Residential Dwelling (C3) and the erection of a replacement dwelling

Received
25 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 289 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Tipple Hill Farm, Manor Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4DW. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 300 days, 35 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 13 other applications at this address. We hold 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 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
LU1 4DW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Caddington

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2025
Consultation expiry
18 May 2026
Consultation start
5 August 2025
Consultation end
18 May 2026
Target decision date
30 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old Market Office 10 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
52

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.

Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 May

    Prior Approval for the erection, extension or alterations of a building for Agricultural or Forestry use…

    WithdrawnAgricultural DevelopmentCB/25/01515/AG
  2. 2024
    22 Apr

    Alterations to the roof to include the removal of part of the existing dormers and the creation of a crown…

    RefusedFull ApplicationCB/24/01177/FULL
  3. 2024
    19 Mar

    Alterations to the roof to include the removal of part of the existing dormers and the creation of a crown…

    WithdrawnFull ApplicationCB/24/00791/FULL
  4. 2024
    11 Jan

    Discharge of Condition 4 against planning permission CB/23/02806/FULL

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/24/00079/DOC
  5. 2023
    15 Sep

    Alterations to the roof to include the removal of part of the existing dormers and the creation of a crown…

    RefusedFull ApplicationCB/23/03066/FULL
  6. 2023
    24 Aug

    Construction of two agricultural buildings and an agricultural track

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/23/02806/FULL

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