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Oakfield House, Woburn Lane, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, MK17 8JN

CB/26/02296/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 October 2026

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Removal of stable and erection of detached part single and part two storey self build dwelling with integrated garage, associated garden, landscaping and creation of an arboretum.

Received
21 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Oakfield House, Woburn Lane, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, MK17 8JN. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Aspley Guise conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,678 applications in total for the MK17 postcode area.

82% of full applications at Central Bedfordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed dwelling together with the associated access, parking and other domestic paraphernalia would introduce a form of development that would appear incongruous and urbanising within this open rural setting and would erode the landscape openness. Therefore, the proposal would not preserve or enhance the character and appearance of Aspley Guise Conservation Area. In addition, the proposal would fail to respect the spacious and open rural character of the area. The development therefore conflicts with Policies EE4, EE5, HE3, HQ1 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (July 2021), Paragraph 5.32.1 of the Central Bedfordshire Design Guide (August 2023) and Policies DP3, HE4, HE5, HE6, HE9 and N2 of the NPPF (August 2026).
  2. The proposed dwelling, by virtue of its siting in close proximity to the adjacent woodland edge habitat, fails to provide an appropriate landscape buffer between the woodland edge habitat and the development. The absence of a minimum 15 metres buffer would result in harmful impacts upon the woodland edge habitat and would give rise to future pressure for the pruning of retained trees due to encroachment from the proposed dwelling. Therefore, the proposal is contrary to Policy EE4 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (July 2021) and Policy N2 of the NPPF (August 2026).
  3. Insufficient information has been submitted with this application to demonstrate that the proposed development would deliver the required statutory 10% Biodiversity Net Gain. Therefore, the proposal is contrary to Policy EE2 of the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan (July 2021) and Policy N2 of the NPPF (August 2026).
  4. In the absence of a completed and executed Section 106 agreement or Unilateral Undertaking to secure the provision of a self-build dwelling, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the development would remain as a self-build dwelling. The proposal therefore fails to comply with the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended) and the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act (LURA) (2023).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
MK17 8JN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Aspley Guise

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Consultation expiry
23 September 2026
Consultation start
22 July 2026
Consultation end
23 September 2026
Target decision date
21 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Canon Harnett Court Wolverton Mill Milton Keynes MK12 5NF

Planning decision

Case officer
Asif Hussain
Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
45

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: Aspley Guise Conservation Area
  • Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

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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