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Park Farm, Leighton Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9BJ

CB/26/00032/PAACAgri buildings to flexible commercialRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Prior Approval of change of use from agricultural building to flexible commercial use: Change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use as an agricultural building to a flexible use falling within, Class B8 (storage or distribution)

Received
7 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Park Farm, Leighton Road, Great Billington, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9BJ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 305 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 1,093 applications in total for the LU7 postcode area.

87% of all 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. In this instance, the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority is required. Having regard to the environmental impacts of the development and any environmental risks on the site, the proposed change of use is not acceptable. The Local Planning Authority’s prior approval is therefore refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
LU7 9BJ
Application type
Agri buildings to flexible commercial
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billington

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
27 February 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 1 Highfield Court Highfield, Oakley Bedford MK43 7TA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Billington Conservation Area
  • Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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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