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56 Great Northern Road, Dunstable, LU5 4BT

CB/26/02588/LDCPCertificates of lawful developmentPermitted
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate Proposed. Loft conversion, rear elevation flat roof dormer with juliet balcony, a window and rooflights to front elevation

Received
28 August 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Central Bedfordshire97% of certificates of lawful development applications approved

This is a planning application for a loft conversion at 56 Great Northern Road, Dunstable, LU5 4BT. Central Bedfordshire has handled 53 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 32 days. It was submitted on 28 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,255 applications in total for the LU5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
CB/26/02588/LDCP
Address
56 Great Northern Road, Dunstable, LU5 4BT
Postcode
LU5 4BT
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Application Type
Certificates of lawful development
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Lawful Dev - Proposed - Granted
Parish
Dunstable

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
18 August 2026
Date Validated
28 August 2026
Date Submitted
28 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Lawful Dev - Proposed - Granted
Case Officer
Matilda Sheridan

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.884796, -0.511279
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Aug

    Erection of part single storey and part two storey rear extension and single storey side extension with roof…

    PendingHouseholderFiled alongsideCB/26/02587/FULL
  2. 2026
    28 Aug

    Lawful Development Certificate Proposed. Loft conversion, rear elevation flat roof dormer with juliet…

    This applicationApprovedCertificates of lawful developmentCB/26/02588/LDCP

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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