Former Vauxhall Aftersales Warehouse, Luton Road, Chalton
Approved on 12 March 2026
Council decision: Non-Material Amendment - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/23/01784/VOC (Variation of condition numbers 4, 13, 16, 20, 30 and 31 of planning permission CB/21/05254/OUT (Application on sites that cross local planning authority Boundaries: Outline Application: Hybrid planning application comprising: for the demolition of the existing buildings and the redevelopment of the site to provide flexible industrial, storage and distribution uses (Use Classes E(g)(iii)/B2/B8) and associated access, servicing, parking and landscaping (all matters reserved accept access) Full planning application for the proposed site accesses and landscaping along the site's frontage with Luton Road) Variation sought to increase floor area by 18,549sqm and increase height parameters by 1m.) Amendment sought to S.73 in relation to tree removal associated with highways works required by Conditions 2 and 13.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Feb
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Former Vauxhall Aftersales Warehouse, Luton Road, Chalton. Central Bedfordshire has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
86% of amendment 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
- Application type
- Non-material Change to Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chalton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 2 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4AQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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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.
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Source: Central Bedfordshire
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