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Land East Of Ampthill Road And North Of Bedford Road Surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest

CB/25/03083/NMANon-material Change to PermissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 October 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/24/01802/RM (Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/17/02575/OUT (Mixed use development with access from Ampthill Road and Bedford Road comprising up to 650 dwellings and landscaping) Approval of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 351 dwellings with partial discharge of conditions 25 (Scheme of Noise Attenuation Measures), 26 (Waste Audit Scheme), 31 (Renewable and Low Energy Sources) and 37 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) relevant to the Residential Areas 1-6.) Amendment Sought: Minor changes to condition 18 which relate to the removal of sheds in gardens for dwellings that already have sufficient cycle parking storage in garages.

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land East Of Ampthill Road And North Of Bedford Road Surrounding Great Thickthorn Farm, Bedford Road, Houghton Conquest. Central Bedfordshire has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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
650
Parish
Houghton Conquest

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Consultation start
30 September 2025
Target decision date
28 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Victoria House 199 Avebury Boulevard Milton Keynes MK9 1AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
39

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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