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7 Woodlands Avenue, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5LJ

CB/25/03613/FULLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

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

Proposal

Erect a detached garage to rear of garden, ancillary to the dwelling

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 7 Woodlands Avenue, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5LJ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 23 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 1,284 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 5LJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Houghton Regis

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025
Consultation expiry
17 June 2026
Consultation start
18 December 2025
Consultation end
17 June 2026
Target decision date
12 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit F2 Launchpad Cherry Orchard Way Rochford SS4 1YH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Houghton Regis Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    4 Aug

    Installation of a new fence and gates to the rear of property

    ApprovedFull ApplicationCB/20/02694/FULL

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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