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Former Pig Pen, Higham Road, Higham Gobion

CB/26/00261/PAADP.Notif. Agricultural to DwellingApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Req'd - Change of UseDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Proposal

Prior Approval of change of use of agricultural building to dwelling: Conversion of barn to single storey dwelling

Received
28 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Former Pig Pen, Higham Road, Higham Gobion. Central Bedfordshire has handled 305 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

87% of all 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
SG5 3HR
Application type
P.Notif. Agricultural to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shillington

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
27 March 2026
Consultation start
9 February 2026
Consultation end
27 March 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio 6 Marsworth Wharf Tring HP23 4BW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
21

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    7 Oct

    Demoliton of existing building and erection of a dwellinghouse

    RefusedFull ApplicationCB/25/03184/FULL

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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