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Land at Manor Farm, Luton Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4AD

CB/25/03474/PIPPlanning in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 20 January 2026

Council decision: Planning in Principle - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Permission in Principle: Erection of between 4 and 9 new dwellings

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at Manor Farm, Luton Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4AD. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 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 1,824 applications in total for the LU1 postcode area.

90% of outline 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 4AD
Application type
Planning in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Caddington

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2025
Consultation expiry
25 December 2025
Consultation start
12 November 2025
Consultation end
25 December 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Whipperly Way Luton Bedfordshire LU1 5LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Appeal history

6004788
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 May 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
24

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.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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