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Hambleton, Dunstable Road, Studham, Dunstable, LU6 2QJ

CB/25/03086/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 17 December 2025

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of oak framed orangery following removal of existing conservatory, alterations to windows

Received
29 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a conservatory at Hambleton, Dunstable Road, Studham, Dunstable, LU6 2QJ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer 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 2,097 applications in total for the LU6 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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Why it was refused

  1. The site lies within the South Bedfordshire Green Belt. The proposed single storey oak framed orangery extension would, taken together with the previous extensions, result in a dwelling extended to a cumulatively disproportionate degree having regard to the level of restraint appropriate within the Green Belt. The proposal therefore represents inappropriate development, harmful to the openness of the Green Belt, contrary to Policy SP4 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, Section 11 of the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide and Section 13 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LU6 2QJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Studham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
24 November 2025
Consultation start
22 October 2025
Consultation end
24 November 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6005336
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 May 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
10

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
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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