4 Reach Lane, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 0AL

CB/26/00055/FULLFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Full Application - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Garage conversion to garden room

Received: 9 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Central Bedfordshire Council

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated22 Jan
Consult.Consultation19 Feb
TargetTarget Date19 Mar
DecidedDecided16 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 4 Reach Lane, Heath And Reach, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 0AL. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. 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.

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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Application details

Postcode: LU7 0AL
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Heath & Reach

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 19 February 2026
Consultation start: 22 January 2026
Consultation end: 19 February 2026
Target decision date: 19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 113 Wing Road Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire W1B 5TD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 13

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.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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