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Well Cottage, Featherbed Lane, Chalgrave, Dunstable, LU5 6JL

SB/08/01218Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 2 March 2009

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two storey rear extension

Received
24 December 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at Well Cottage, Featherbed Lane, Chalgrave, Dunstable, LU5 6JL. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 1,284 applications in total for the LU5 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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Application details

Postcode
LU5 6JL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chalgrave

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2009
Consultation expiry
17 February 2009
Consultation start
5 January 2009
Consultation end
17 February 2009
Target decision date
2 March 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10 Meadhook Drive Barton-le-clay Beds MK45 4RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    17 Sep

    New self build replacement dwelling

    RefusedFull ApplicationCB/25/02948/FULL
  2. 2025
    20 Mar

    Demolition of existing dwelling and the erection of a replacement self-build dwelling.

    RefusedFull ApplicationCB/25/00926/FULL
  3. 2024
    13 Sep

    Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of replacement self-build dwelling.

    RefusedFull ApplicationCB/24/02680/FULL
  4. 2024
    21 Aug

    Prior Approval of change of use of agricultural building to dwelling: Conversion of existing Barns into 4…

    RefusedP.Notif. Agricultural to DwellingCB/24/02468/PAAD
  5. 2023
    16 Mar

    Prior Approval of change of use of agricultural building to dwelling: Conversion of barns to 4 dwellinghouses

    RefusedP.Notif. Agricultural to DwellingCB/23/00940/PAAD
  6. 2022
    4 Nov

    Lawful Development Certificate Existing: for a single storey rear extension to barn B, new doors, windows and…

    ApprovedLawful Development Cert - ExistingCB/22/04310/LDCE

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