Eastern Way Quarries, Land to the North and South of Eastern Way, Heath and Reach
Proposal
Development Brief relating to Hybrid Planning Application (Environmental Impact Assessment application) comprising: Part A Full planning permission for 2 wind turbines with associated accesses, repowering through the life extension of the existing 'Double Arches' and 'Checkley Wood' wind turbines, solar arrays; and associated infrastructure; provision of a roundabout and junction amendments between the A5 (Watling Street) and Eastern Way; new access and road from Shenley Hill Road; new roundabout, revised junctions, accesses and improvements along Mile Tree Road; new roundabout and access to the north of Eastern Way. Part B - Outline planning permission for a mixed-use scheme including up to 3,600 residential units (including affordable housing and specialist accommodation for older people); new employment and industrial floorspace and ancillary facilities; community infrastructure (including Narrow Gauge Railway terminus and museum); education facilities (including a secondary school and primary schools); healthcare provision; local centre uses (to include retail, community and employment uses); sports hubs (including sports provision); green infrastructure and landscaping works (to include a country park, formal and informal open space, amenity space, woodland and ecological areas); electrical vehicle charging facilities; transport mobility hubs; drainage works (including foul and surface water drainage infrastructure); vehicular and active travel infrastructure; ground remodelling, engineering and demolition works. All matters reserved save for principal points of access. The development is submitted as a phased and severable scheme, and each component of the development is capable of being delivered independently
- Received
- 28 July 2026
- Decision due
- 30 June 2026
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated5 May
- Consult.Consultation28 Aug
- TargetTarget Date30 Jun
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Eastern Way Quarries, Land to the North and South of Eastern Way, Heath and Reach. Central Bedfordshire has handled 10,116 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address.
Application details
- Application type
- Development Brief
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 3600
- Parish
- Heath & Reach, Eggington, Battlesden, Potsgrove, Leighton-Linslade
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 28 August 2026
- Consultation start
- 28 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 28 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Clarks Barn Bassetsbury Lane High Wycombe Bucks HP11 1QX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Andrew Cundy
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
Site 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 2026-11-03. 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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