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Former Henlow Greyhound Stadium, Bedford Road, Lower Stondon, SG16 6EA

CB/25/02938/NMANon-material Change to PermissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 September 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/24/01679/RM (Reserved Matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for 75 dwellings with open space, sustainable drainage systems and associated works, pursuant to outline planning permission CB/20/02193/OUT and conditions 4 (Housing Mix, Type & Tenure), 5 (Landscaping and Public Open Space Scheme), 7 (Ecological Enhancement Strategy), 8 (Noise Assessment), 25 (Cycle Parking Scheme) and 26 (Electric Vehicle Charging Provision) thereof.) Amendment sought to change cycle storage to timber

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 12 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Henlow Greyhound Stadium, Bedford Road, Lower Stondon, SG16 6EA. Central Bedfordshire has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 71 applications in total for the SG16 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
SG16 6EA
Application type
Non-material Change to Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
75
Parish
Stondon

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2025
Consultation start
17 September 2025
Target decision date
15 October 2025
Decision issued
20 October 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.

  • 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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