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Dovehouse Farm, Dovehouse Lane, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 2PQ

CB/26/02391/FULLChange of UseRefused

Refused

Council decision: Full Application - Refused

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

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of existing agricultural buildings to class B8 (Storage and distribution)

Received
30 July 2026
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Dovehouse Farm, Dovehouse Lane, Kensworth, Dunstable, LU6 2PQ. Central Bedfordshire has handled 16 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,097 applications in total for the LU6 postcode area.

58% of change of use 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
LU6 2PQ
Application type
Change of Use
Parish
Kensworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2026
Consultation end
29 October 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Full Application - Refused
Case officer
Jade Moss

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Central Bedfordshire
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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