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Chamberlains Barn Quarry, Phase 2, Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard

CB/26/00490/NMANon-material Change to PermissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Non-Material Amendment - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Non-material Amendment to planning permission CB/25/0616/VOC Variation of condition no.21 of planning permission CB/21/05691/RM (Reserved Matters: following Outline Application CB/11/01937/OUT (Outline:Mixed development including up to 950 dwellings; a site for a lower school; a local centre comprising retail and community uses; informal open space and country park, incorporating allotments, orchards, new tree and shrub planting, and play areas; and a new halt for the Narrow Gauge Railway (NGR).) phase 2 for 195 dwellings and associated works including, layout, scale, appearance and landscape) Gabled roof style back to Hipped as originally approved under RM/21/05691/RM. Amendment sought: Amend the approved drawing for plots 5 & 126 to show render wrapping all the way around rather than partial render.

Received
13 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 4 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Chamberlains Barn Quarry, Phase 2, Heath Road, Leighton Buzzard. Central Bedfordshire has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 6 weeks quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,093 applications in total for the LU7 postcode area.

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

Postcode
LU7 1EE
Application type
Non-material Change to Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
950
Parish
Leighton-Linslade

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation start
20 February 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Leighton Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 51, High StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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
    17 Feb

    Discharge of Condition 2 against planning permission ref. CB/25/00616/VOC

    PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideCB/26/00533/DOC
  2. 2026
    13 Feb

    Non-material Amendment to planning permission CB/25/0616/VOC

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/26/00490/NMA

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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