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Chamberlains Barn Quarry, Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard

CB/25/03908/VOCVariation of ConditionPending Decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Variation of Conditions 1,3,4,7,8,10,14,17 and 21 of planning permission CB/25/00616/VOC (Variation of condition number 21 of planning permission CB/21/05691/RM (Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/11/01937/OUT ( Mixed development including up to 950 dwellings; a site for a lower school; a local centre comprising retail and community uses; informal open space and country park, incorporating allotments, orchards, new tree and shrub planting, and play areas; and a new halt for the Narrow Gauge Railway (NGR).) phase 2 for 195 dwellings and associated works including,layout, scale, appearance and landscape) Gabled roof style back to Hipped as originally approved under CB/21/05691RM): variation sought to amend plans

Received
9 December 2025
Target decision date
11 March 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Central Bedfordshire98% of conditions applications approved

This is an application to vary a condition at Chamberlains Barn Quarry, Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,065 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 9 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,036 applications in total for the LU7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
CB/25/03908/VOC
Address
Chamberlains Barn Quarry, Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard
Postcode
LU7 1EE
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Application Type
Variation of Condition
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
950
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Parish
Leighton-Linslade

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Ceres Rural Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden CB11 4ER

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
9 December 2025
Consultation Expiry
17 April 2026
Target Decision Date
11 March 2026
Date Validated
10 December 2025
Date Submitted
9 December 2025
Consultation Start
10 December 2025
Consultation End
17 April 2026

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
82
Coordinates
51.916580, -0.662055
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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Associated applications

Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: Leighton Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 51, High StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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