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Phase 4, Parcels 2 and 3, Houghton Regis North Site 1, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire

CB/26/00468/RMReserved MattersPending Decision

Proposal

Reserved Matters following Outline Application CB/12/03613/OUT (Outline planning permission with the details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale reserved for later determination. Development to comprise: up to 5,150 dwellings (Use Class C3); up to 202,500 sqm gross of additional development in Use Classes: A1, A2, A3 (retail), A4 (public house), A5 (take away); B1, B2, B8 (offices, industrial and storage and distribution); C1 (hotel), C2 (care home), D1 and D2 (community and leisure); car showroom; data centre; petrol filling station; car parking; primary substation; energy centre; and for the laying out of the buildings; routes and open spaces within the development; and all associated works and operations including but not limited to: demolition; earthworks; engineering operations. All development, works and operations to be in accordance with the Development Parameters Schedule and Plans.) Approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 236 dwelling units

Received
12 February 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Central Bedfordshire90% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for demolition at Phase 4, Parcels 2 and 3, Houghton Regis North Site 1, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire. Central Bedfordshire has handled 983 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 42 days. It was submitted on 12 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

Application Details

Reference
CB/26/00468/RM
Address
Phase 4, Parcels 2 and 3, Houghton Regis North Site 1, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Application Type
Reserved Matters
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
5150
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Parish
Houghton Regis

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
12 February 2026
Consultation Expiry
25 March 2026
Target Decision Date
19 May 2026
Date Validated
17 February 2026
Date Submitted
12 February 2026
Consultation Start
17 February 2026
Consultation End
25 March 2026

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
143
Coordinates
51.904660, -0.519828
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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