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Midway Cottage, Bedford Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JP

CB/26/00042/FULLFull ApplicationPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Erection of two semi detached dwellings

Received
8 January 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Central Bedfordshire82% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at Midway Cottage, Bedford Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JP. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,604 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 60 days. It was submitted on 8 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,255 applications in total for the LU5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
CB/26/00042/FULL
Address
Midway Cottage, Bedford Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 6JP
Postcode
LU5 6JP
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Parish
Houghton Regis

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
3 Amherst Rise Maulden Bedford MK45 2RF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
8 January 2026
Consultation Expiry
30 March 2026
Target Decision Date
3 April 2026
Date Validated
9 January 2026
Date Submitted
8 January 2026
Consultation Start
9 January 2026
Consultation End
30 March 2026

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
84 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
35
Coordinates
51.911057, -0.528129
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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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