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Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd, Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9HH

CB/25/03615/FULLFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Refurbishment of the restaurant with minor reconfiguration of the elevations, to include under the eaves kitchen extensions, new access door and respraying of the drive thru booths, door and window frames and aluminium cladding, with associated works to the site

Received
11 November 2025
Decision due
17 March 2026
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd, Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9HH. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 9HH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leighton-Linslade

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation start
20 January 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
St Andrews Castle 33 St Andrews Street South Bury St Edmunds IP33 3PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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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