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Great Thickthorn Farm, Thickthorn Lane, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3NQ

CB/26/00109/RMReserved MattersAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/22/04494/OUT (Creation of a community café (use classes E(a) and E(b)), changing facilities (use class F2(c)). Erection of residential development for up to 42 dwellings (use class C3) and all associated development including vehicular access, pedestrian and cycle links, public open space, car parking, landscaping, drainage and associated works, following the demolition of existing buildings. All matters reserved except for access.) Approval of reserved matters for Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale for 42 dwellings, the community cafe and changing facilities, with discharge of conditions 11, 13, 15 and part A of condition 5.

Received
14 January 2026
Decision due
20 April 2026
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Great Thickthorn Farm, Thickthorn Lane, Houghton Conquest, Bedford, MK45 3NQ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,682 applications in total for the MK45 postcode area.

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

Postcode
MK45 3NQ
Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
42
Parish
Houghton Conquest

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Victoria House 199 Avebury Boulevard Milton Keynes Bucks MK9 1AU

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
154

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Aug

    Discharge of Condition 1 against planning permission ref CB/26/00109/RM

    Discharge of Condition Decision ReleasedDischarge of conditionsCB/26/02691/DOC
  2. 2026
    14 Jan

    Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/22/04494/OUT

    This applicationPendingReserved mattersCB/26/00109/RM

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