31 New Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2LS
Approved on 9 April 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Prior Approval for Change of use from Commercial Business and Service (Class E) to dwellinghouses (Class C3): Change of use from office (Class E) to residential (Class C3)
- Received
- 22 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived22 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation30 Mar
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 55 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 31 New Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2LS. Central Bedfordshire has handled 10,116 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,093 applications in total for the LU7 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- LU7 2LS
- Application type
- P.Notif. Comm (Class E) to Dwellinghouse
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Leighton-Linslade
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 30 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 6 Linwood Grove Leighton Buzzard Beds LU7 4RP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Linslade Conservation Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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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