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Land West of Bidwell (Houghton Regis North Site 2), Houghton Regis

CB/25/04014/RMReserved MattersAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/15/00297/OUT (Outline 'hybrid' planning application with details of main access routes, primary road network and associated drainage in detail only and layout in outline with details of landscaping, appearance and scale reserved for later determination. Development to comprise: Up to 1,850 residential (C3) dwellings (including affordable housing), 2FE Primary School (D1), employment land (Use Classes B1 [a-c], B2 & B8), local centre comprising retail (A1, A2, A3, A4 & A5) and community/leisure uses (D1 & D2), layout of public open spaces including sports pitches and changing rooms, natural wildlife areas and all associated works and operations including engineering operations and earthworks). Approval of all matters for the provision of a community centre hub (Use Class F2(b), on land in Houghton Regis, just off West Highland Drive, comprising of a modular pavillion, associated access arrangements, improved public realm, landscaping, drainage features and ancillary facilities

Received
19 December 2025
Decision due
20 March 2026
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 26 February.

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About this application

This is an outline application at Land West of Bidwell (Houghton Regis North Site 2), Houghton Regis. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

90% of outline 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

Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Houghton Regis

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old School Exton Street London SE1 8UE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
36

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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