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23 Clifton Road, Dunstable, LU6 1LT

CB/25/03875/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension

Received
5 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 23 Clifton Road, Dunstable, LU6 1LT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,097 applications in total for the LU6 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. It is considered that the proposal, due to its proximity to and projection beyond the rear of the attached neighbouring property, 21 Clifton Road, would have an unacceptable overbearing impact to this neighbour through a sense of enclosure. In addition to this, the proposal is not considered to meet the 45° guidance and would therefore result in an unacceptable loss of sunlight. As such, the proposal is not considered to constitute high quality design and would be discordance with Policy HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan, and Section 11 of the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LU6 1LT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dunstable

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2025
Consultation expiry
15 January 2026
Consultation start
6 December 2025
Consultation end
15 January 2026
Target decision date
31 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2nd Floor Suite 12 Church Square Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire LU7 1AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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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