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Whitewood Corner, 7 Drove Road, Gamlingay, Sandy, SG19 2HT

CB/25/03661/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 January 2026

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Proposal

Erection of a self-build detached dwelling, subdivision of existing residential garden and utilisation of existing access

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Whitewood Corner, 7 Drove Road, Gamlingay, Sandy, SG19 2HT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days 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 809 applications in total for the SG19 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 proposed development is sited outside settlement envelopes within the open countryside. Due to the separation between the site and existing settlements, public transport and services/ facilities, as well as the absence of a safe and convenient pedestrian link between the two, it is considered that the site is located in an unsustainable location, which will result in over-reliance on private vehicle. The development is therefore contrary to Policies SP7 and HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, and the principles of sustainable development in the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
  2. In the absence of a completed Unilateral Undertaking to secure self-build, the exemption from statutory BNG requirements has yet to be engaged, as such the proposal has failed to demonstrate exemption from statutory BNG requirements or a 10% net gain in biodiversity in accordance with those requirements in conflict with Policy EE2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, and Section 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework within this context.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG19 2HT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Everton

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
13 January 2026
Consultation start
1 December 2025
Consultation end
13 January 2026
Target decision date
26 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Roundhill Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5HH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
32

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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