2 Bittern Mead, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4DT

CB/25/03593/FULLFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 13 January 2026

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

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

Proposal

Garage conversion

Received: 7 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived7 Nov
ValidatedValidated10 Nov
Consult.Consultation24 Dec
TargetTarget Date5 Jan
DecidedDecided13 Jan

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 2 Bittern Mead, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4DT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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 1,093 applications in total for the LU7 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: LU7 4DT
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Leighton-Linslade

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 24 December 2025
Consultation start: 10 November 2025
Consultation end: 24 December 2025
Target decision date: 5 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 113 Wing Road Leighton Buzzard Beds W1B 5TD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 11

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.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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