Land at Chalklands Square, Eastern Avenue, Dunstable LU5 4JY
Approved on 27 November 2025
Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of a public art tower adjacent to unit 12 of Chalklands Square development
- Received
- 18 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated2 Oct
- Consult.Consultation18 Nov
- TargetTarget Date27 Nov
- DecidedDecided27 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land at Chalklands Square, Eastern Avenue, Dunstable LU5 4JY. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,284 applications in total for the LU5 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
- LU5 4JY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dunstable
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 November 2025
- Decision issued
- 28 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 15-17 Goldington Road Bedford MK40 3NH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
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.
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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